QuickSlot Health: Revolutionizing the Administrative Side of Healthcare
In the latest episode of Profiles in Innovation, Christina Inge sits down with Hisham Issak and Jason Tothy, co-founders of QuickSlot Health, a startup that emerged from Brandeis University’s Spark program. QuickSlot Health is reimagining administrative processes in healthcare, addressing a crucial and often overlooked source of physician burnout: excessive documentation. QuickSlot’s innovative approach focuses on reducing the time private practice physicians spend outside of clinical hours on administrative tasks—allowing them to prioritize patient care over paperwork.
Hisham and Jason’s journey began while they were studying abroad in Copenhagen. During a venture challenge project, they identified significant inefficiencies in scheduling for healthcare providers, which sparked the initial idea behind QuickSlot Health. Upon returning to the U.S., the two shifted their focus toward reducing documentation burdens—a decision informed by Jason’s personal experiences watching his father, an oncologist, spend countless hours on charting and billing after office hours.
QuickSlot Health’s core mission centers on streamlining the documentation process through automation and artificial intelligence. Their software automates key elements of patient recordkeeping and billing, leveraging dictation to simplify chart notes and reduce manual input. This allows physicians to review, rather than manually input, large amounts of data, thus minimizing administrative time. Their technology also automates ICD-10 and CPT coding, saving hours of work weekly, a feature particularly valuable for psychiatrists and therapists who often manage complex, detail-heavy documentation.
Despite the challenges of launching a startup as students, Hisham and Jason saw their time at Brandeis as an opportunity to build something meaningful. Hisham emphasized the duo’s shared enthusiasm for problem-solving and customer discovery, skills they honed during their time in the Spark program. Spark, a virtual incubator offered by Brandeis Innovation, provides mentorship, resources, and structure to support entrepreneurial endeavors, making it a key stepping stone in QuickSlot Health’s development.
Hisham described the Spark program as instrumental in helping them refine their business model, especially through the support of program coordinator Juan Giraldo. As Jason noted, working within a team helped them balance school responsibilities with startup demands, enabling them to divide tasks according to their individual strengths—Hisham focusing on business development and Jason on product design.
Through Spark’s extensive network, QuickSlot Health gained access to advisors, mentors, and essential resources. These connections led them to join prestigious programs such as Nvidia’s Inception Program and Amazon’s Startup Program, where they received invaluable cloud credits and guidance on navigating the tech landscape. For a healthcare startup, these resources are essential to ensure secure, scalable, and HIPAA-compliant solutions.
The positive response from the market has affirmed QuickSlot’s potential. Initial feedback from private practice psychiatrists and therapists highlighted the pressing need for their solution, with early users expressing enthusiasm to continue testing the platform. This demand underscores the broader market’s interest in technology that addresses physician burnout, particularly within the mental health space where documentation demands are high.
QuickSlot Health recently launched a private beta program and is preparing to expand to a public beta in the coming months. The company’s website, [quickslothealth.com](http://quickslothealth.com), offers an early access waitlist for physicians and healthcare providers interested in testing the platform.
For aspiring student entrepreneurs, Jason and Hisham emphasize the importance of “just getting started”—a mantra that has guided their journey. Whether it’s testing an idea or speaking to potential customers, they advise against letting “paralysis by analysis” impede progress. Both founders attribute their success to the mentors they sought out and the collaborative spirit fostered by Brandeis’s innovation ecosystem.
As Hisham and Jason continue to refine QuickSlot Health, their journey stands as a testament to the power of student-led innovation. By addressing one of healthcare’s most pressing challenges, they not only improve the quality of life for physicians but also make a broader impact on patient care. With a solution designed to reduce burnout and enhance efficiency, QuickSlot Health is poised to transform how healthcare providers manage documentation—one chart note at a time.