How I Cut a Telemedicine MVP Down to Something a Clinic Could Actually Use

A lot of telemedicine products start the same way. A founder says they want to build “a telemedicine app.” Then version one starts sounding like this: Patient App Doctor Dashboard Admin Panel Messaging Video Billing Device Data EHR Integration All at once. That is usually the point where the MVP stops being an MVP. The mistakes I see most often The problem is not big plans. The problem is trying to build a full platform before anyone knows what a clinic will use in week one. A clinic does not adopt a product because it has the longest feature list. It adopts a product because one workflow becomes easier. That's the way I look at it before any team starts building. The question that changes the scope Before talking about frameworks, timelines, or even budget, I ask one question: What is the first care workflow this product needs to get right? That question usually makes the scope much clearer. Because once you answer it, version one gets smaller fast. Instead of trying to build everythi