Question: Following the meeting described on pages 257-258 Maggie, Dr. Flores, Dr. Christine Lomar, and Dr. Chris Vesper meet the next week. The three doctors are the partners and sole owners of Austin Cardiac Surgery. The purpose of the meeting is to determine what to do next. Dr. Flores starts. "Our PRIDE prototype works, and patients are responding to it. The question is, what do we do next? It's not really finished, even for us, and it may cost more than we want to pay to finish it. So?" Dr. Vesper looks at Dr. Flores directly. "Romero, this has been your pet project and I've gone along with you. I know you think it's fantastic, but I want to focus on surgery. This post-op care, techno stuff really doesn't interest me, and I don't think we should pay much attention to it." "What are you saying, ‘Drop it?'" "Maybe. Or, if you want to keep playing around with it on your time and money, OK, but I don't really want the partners or the partnership to participate." "OK, but I'm sorry to hear that. Christine, what do you think?" "I'm in the middle between you two.

I think there is value, and I appreciate treating patients more effectively in our post-op care. But we are a surgery practice and not a technology company. How much will it cost us to finish?" "Maggie?" "Dr. Flores asked me to put together a finish plan. At the minimum, we need to define the business procedures here at your partnership and document them in some way. Then we need to train the staff. We may also need to involve some of our partners in this endeavor. I'd estimate that it's probably $25K for that, maybe more, but less than $50K." "Ouch." "Well, then there's another matter. Right now we're supporting the Garmin exercise watch and iPhones and iPads. To make this system more

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