Interesting concept, but I'm skeptical that the economics work out. It's true you save on office space, but you lose on volume of clients (patients) you can see at any given time.<p>On top of that, in a practice, doctors are able to "outsource" a lot of the low-skill labor to either office managers or nurses - the receptionist takes your paperwork and handles the cancellations, the nurse draws blood and takes your vitals, the doctor just rolls in for 15 minutes and listens to your complaint and read the results.<p>There are already doctor practices that are doing this, but they're going the opposite direction and charging much more or annual fees, for the convenience factor of having the doctor come to you.
FWIW, I haven't seen a doctor in years and I like the concept. I have a compromised immune system. I stopped going to see doctors in part because sitting in the waiting room with other patients tended to leave me horribly ill. Using a public bathroom used by other patients was also a serious problem. Etc. I have long lamented that doctors going to see patients was something we no longer did.<p>I hope you are very successful.
"…the service specializes in things like annual checkups, flu shots, and blood tests… not just time-sensitive urgent care issues."<p>These tasks are generally left to physician assistants and nurse practitioners who are paid on average about half as much as primary care physicians (about 100k vs 200k).<p>In many states, they can be found practicing in pharmacies and supermarkets and seem to see around a half dozen patients per hour.<p>I think it will be tough for mobile medical practitioners to beat price/convenience levels of retail nurse practitioners and physician assistants.
This idea has been around for a while and is really better solved by the concept of community paramedicine [1], which several areas in the US are currently piloting. Like other commenters have mentioned, the economics of having a physician perform these basic tasks severely limits the profitability.<p>1. <a href="http://www.naemt.org/Files/MobileIntegratedHC/UC%20Davis%20Community%20Paramedicine%20Report.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.naemt.org/Files/MobileIntegratedHC/UC%20Davis%20C...</a>