Uploaded November 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago

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In this Square Dev Chat, we sit down with John Bon, co-founder of Reference Health. Reference Health is a platform that enables health care providers to accept payments with Square, directly in their electronic medical record (EMR) or patient portal. In our chat with John, we discuss everything from insights into the healthcare industry to building chrome extensions and Tauri apps. We hope you enjoy!

Chapters:
0:00 - Introduction
0:36 - How did Reference Health get started?
2:28 - Early learnings
3:27 - Technology choices
7:07 - Feedback and development process
8:51 - Expanding Reference Health
10:45 - Customer onboarding
11:47 - How would you do things differently?
13:05 - Biggest challenges building the application
15:11 - Flexibility of building on Tauri
16:51 - Why Tauri?
18:19 - Conclusion

Resources:
Reference Health: https://reference.health/
Reference Health Developer Spotlight: developer.squareup.com/blog/developer-spotlight-reference-health
Square Online Payments: developer.squareup.com/docs/online-payment-options
Tauri: https://tauri.app/