Iman Abuzeid saw a limit in the traditional work of medicine before she started a healthcare company. After completing medical school in London, she decided not to pursue a residency. Her next path took her through healthcare consulting and eventually to startup building.
In 2017, Abuzeid co-founded Incredible Health, a San Francisco-based healthcare hiring platform. As co-founder and CEO, she set out to address the healthcare staffing shortage through a product that could reach far more people than a single doctor can meet in a clinic or hospital.
“Working as a doctor is great, but you’re only working with one patient at a time,” Abuzeid said. “With software, you have millions of users using your products.” That idea sits at the center of her move from medicine into technology: software could extend the reach of her work beyond one patient, one appointment, or one workplace at a time.
From Medical Training to Healthcare Consulting
Abuzeid’s decision not to pursue a residency came after medical school in London. The choice placed her on a different route from the one many medical graduates follow, but it kept her focused on healthcare. She later worked as a healthcare consultant, including at Booz Allen and McKinsey.
She also earned an MBA from the Wharton School. That combination of medical training, consulting work, and business education gave her experience across several parts of healthcare, from the needs of professionals to the challenges faced by organizations. Incredible Health brought those interests together in one company.
The company’s purpose is direct: help address the healthcare staffing shortage by building a hiring platform for healthcare professionals and employers. Its growth shows the size of the network that has formed around that goal, with products used by 1.5 million healthcare professionals and 1,500 healthcare employers.
A Platform Built Around Scale
The scale becomes even clearer in one figure: Incredible Health says its products are used by 1 in 2 U.S. nurses. That places the company inside a large part of the healthcare workforce, while its employer base gives the platform a second side connected to hiring needs.
Those numbers do not change the work of doctors, nurses, or other healthcare professionals. Instead, they show what Abuzeid meant when she contrasted treating one patient with building software used by millions. A healthcare hiring platform can bring many professionals and employers into the same business, even though each person and organization still has separate needs.
The company has also attracted about $97.5 million from investors. Its backers include Andreessen Horowitz, Base10 Partners, Obvious Ventures, Precursor Ventures, and NFX. That funding reflects investor support for a healthcare company focused on staffing and software rather than direct patient care.
For Abuzeid, the path from medicine to technology was not a departure from healthcare. It was a change in where she believed she could have the biggest reach. Her experience as a doctor showed her the value of working with individual patients, while her consulting and business background helped point toward a broader operational problem.
Why the Healthcare Hiring Problem Matters
Staffing affects both sides of a healthcare organization. Professionals need opportunities that match their work, and employers need people to fill healthcare roles. Incredible Health’s platform brings those groups into a single product, creating a business focused on the connection between them.
The company’s user figures give that approach a clear measure. One and a half million healthcare professionals use its products, including 1 in 2 U.S. nurses, and 1,500 healthcare employers are part of the platform. Those figures show a company that has grown beyond a small experiment into a service used across the healthcare hiring market.
That growth also explains why software appealed to Abuzeid after her medical training. A doctor can make a direct difference for each patient, but the reach remains tied to the number of patients that doctor can see. Software offers another way to work: create a product once, then make it available to millions of users.
Abuzeid’s story is not about leaving healthcare behind. It is about choosing a different role inside it. She moved from medical school in London to consulting at Booz Allen and McKinsey, earned an MBA from the Wharton School, and then co-founded Incredible Health in 2017.
Today, the company represents that decision through its reach among healthcare professionals and employers. Its products serve 1.5 million healthcare professionals and 1,500 healthcare employers, while the company has raised about $97.5 million from investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Base10 Partners, Obvious Ventures, Precursor Ventures, and NFX.
The central lesson is simple. Abuzeid found that software could let her work on a healthcare problem at a scale that clinical practice could not match. Incredible Health became the result: a San Francisco-based healthcare hiring platform built to address the staffing shortage by connecting a large healthcare workforce with the employers seeking it.
