{"id":30182,"date":"2018-05-09T12:50:48","date_gmt":"2018-05-09T16:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/creator\/creator\/?p=30182"},"modified":"2020-02-26T14:31:57","modified_gmt":"2020-02-26T19:31:57","slug":"medinas-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/community-stories\/medinas-health","title":{"rendered":"Putting surplus medical equipment to good use"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

San Francisco Hospital\u2019s neurology department estimates it jettisons nearly $3 million worth of surplus medical supplies each year. That\u2019s just one division in one hospital in one city, but it\u2019s indicative of the billions in supplies that are wasted each year. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

One woman\u201426-year-old Chloe Alpert\u2014wants to change all that. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Comparing hospital storerooms to the open-air markets of Marrakesh\u2014the ones renowned for stalls stacked floor-to-ceiling with spices, silks, rugs, and other items\u2014Alpert settled on the name <\/span>Medinas Health<\/span><\/a> for her Berkeley-based company. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe started looking and researching,\u201d Alpert says. \u201cWe talked to clinical engineers, supply-chain managers, CFOs of hospitals, just racking our brains and asking, \u2018Is this really an issue?\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“For me, I like problem solving, fixing things,” says Chloe Alpert. “That\u2019s why I wake up in the morning.\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Launched in 2017, her startup seeks to take surplus medical supplies from large hospital systems and reroute them to small clinics and nursing homes. By matching surplus to demand through a sophisticated system of algorithms, Medinas Health provides a seamless and user-friendly platform that will save money on both sides of the transaction.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBuyers want something that\u2019s fast, easy, and trustworthy,\u201d Alpert says. \u201cThey can just push a button, submit information to our platform, and then we handle the rest.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Medinas Health, which Alpert calls a \u201cmarket network,\u201d works with third-party partners who can disassemble, ship, and reassemble medical equipment. It was the winner in the Business Ventures category at WeWork\u2019s Creator Awards San Francisco, held on May 10.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The operation currently has four full-time and two part-time staffers. This March, Medinas Health closed a $1 million seed funding round co-led by Ashton Kutcher and Guy Oseary\u2019s Sound Ventures and General Catalyst\u2019s Rough Draft Ventures.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well schooled in the world of startups, Alpert says entrepreneurship is in her DNA.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEven if Silicon Valley was the most unsexy thing in the world, I\u2019d still be here,\u201d she says. \u201cIf I can establish a viable income, a roof over my head, and take care of my cat, I\u2019m good. For me, I like problem solving, fixing things. That\u2019s why I wake up in the morning.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alpert began as an entrepreneur in high school when she and her mother opened two soap stores in her Pennsylvania hometown. Upon graduating from college, she built a profitable jewelry manufacturing company. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Being part of several startups has been a \u201clonely\u201d place, Alpert says. But she calls her Medinas Health team a \u201cfamily.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the near future, Alpert wants to make Medinas Health the go-to name for health-care companies looking to buy or sell surplus equipment.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy job is to make us the obvious bet,\u201d Alpert says.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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