Supply Run Confirmation.
An app idea for home care nursing.

What the search found

Who pays

Small home care agency owner

The problem

Nurses say they lose track of what is in their trunk and run out to the car mid visit for supplies. One nurse wrote that they have lost every vital signs item and pair of scissors they bought, and another said you would be surprised how many times you run out to the car for supplies.

The gap

Agency software covers scheduling, charting and messaging. Nothing in the results handles shared car stock between nurses. The closest tools are general caregiver organizers, not supply handoff between field staff.

Already out there

• eRSP careacademy.com

  Cloud agency software for CRM, scheduling and operations. Does not track what supplies are in a nurse's car.

• Care Essentials App myconnectedcaregiver.com

  Family caregiver app for monitoring and reminders. Aimed at families, not agency supply handoff.

People asking for it

• Recommended supplies for a new Hospice Nurse reddit.com

  Nurse lists car stock and says they have lost every vital signs item and pair of scissors they bought.

• What equipment or supplies is useful in your car incrediblehealth.com

  Nurse keeps extra wound care and lab draw supplies in a plastic tote in the car.

• I don't understand why anyone would be a home health nurse reddit.com

  Nurse says you would be surprised how many times you run out to the car for supplies.

The big assumption

Agency owners will pay for supply tracking when nurses already work around it with their own totes and texts.

Test it this week

Ask five small agency owners what they spend monthly replacing lost supplies and whether they would pay to stop it. Ask five nurses if they would photograph a shelf before taking stock.