Work Healthcare · Telehealth
Launched
Instant Consult: a telemedicine app and platform, from zero to launch.
- 1Patient signs up
- 2Books a time
- 3Pays by card
- 4Video call with a doctor
- Client
- Instant Consult (Australia)
- Industry
- Healthcare · Telehealth
- My role
- Started the product from scratch and led it to launch
- Status
- Launched. The platform is live at instantconsult.com.au
- When
- 2020–2022
The problem
Instant Consult wanted Australians to see a registered doctor by video without leaving home. That meant patients and doctors on the same platform, paying securely, booking a time that works, and a video call that connects reliably, with nothing built yet.
What I built
- Secure sign-up and login for patients and doctors.
- Stripe payments for consultations.
- Appointment booking between patients and doctors.
- Video consultations between patient and doctor.
- The launch itself. Taken from an empty repository to a live product.
How I approached it
Two sides, one schedule.
Patients and doctors see the same appointments from different sides, so bookings had to stay in sync for both.
Launch & after
I built the platform through to launch, and my contract closed after it went live. Instant Consult operates today.
Questions about apps like this
How much does a telemedicine app cost?
A telehealth MVP with patient and doctor sides, booking, payments and video typically starts around $5k–$8k with me: an MVP plus the second user type, payments and video-call add-ons. Compliance work, insurance integrations and multi-country rollout add to that. I quote a fixed price after a short call.
How do you build a telehealth app?
Start with the consultation itself: a patient books, pays and joins a video call with a doctor who sees the same appointment. Build accounts and the shared schedule properly first, then payments, then video. Launch on both stores, then add the features patients ask for.
