siliconindia | | October 20204The data related to pandemic shows that the earth has faced one every century. We can imagine how the world would have come to a halt and the healthcare ecosystem were left shattered. But when we were hit by coronavirus, we had technology to our rescue. While surely the medical centres were not open for the general patients, the doctors and other healthcare professionals made themselves available using technology. Mobile apps played an important role in keeping the sector operational and the patient connected with the doctors. Right from booking appointment & tests to ordering medicines online, mobile apps played an important role in streamlining the healthcare arena while bridging the gap to a larger extent. Its importance was more felt in the rural areas that usually face the dearth of healthcare professionals. Sure the vision of out Prime Minister's Digital India has shown positive impact during these unprecedented times. However, we have a long way to go. Till the country has a strong internet connection with better broadband facilities and stronger connectivity, it is difficult to achieve the purpose of ensuring healthcare are for all. Till then, it lies on the shoulders of our tech-experts who can leverage their know-how to build such apps that can run uninterrupted in any digital environment. We are grateful to the doctors who have made contribution beyond their call of duty and went all-in-all to fulfill what they promised when taking oath post completing their degree. We also thank the tech industry who created this seamless way of reaching to the doctors at the ease of one's home. Saluting some such healthcare apps is our current edition of siliconindia Healthcare Magazine's `10 Most Promising Healthcare Mobile Apps ­ 2020'. We have handpicked some of the companies and have brought to you their story. Read to know more about them.Do let us know what you think!Anamika SahuManaging Editoreditor@siliconindia.comEditorialThe Ray of Hope Vol 09 · Issue 5 - 1 · October, 2020 Publisher Alok Chaturvedi Managing Editor Anamika Sahu Associate Editor Susila Govindaraj Editorial Team Ananth.V Avinash Roy Mandvi Singh Manoswita Naha Srrayvinya OLM Sujith Vasudevan VP - Sales & Marketing Virupakshi Pattar Advertising Managers Editorial queries editor@siliconindia.com To subscribe Visit: www.siliconindia.com/subscribe/ or send email to subscription@siliconindia.com Cover price is Rs.150 per issue. Printed and Published By Alok Chaturvedi on behalf of SiliconMedia Technologies Pvt Ltd and Printed at Precision Fototype Services at Sri Sabari Shopping Complex, 24 Residency Road Bangalore-560025 and Published At No. 124, 2nd Floor, Surya Chambers, Old Airport Road, Murugeshpalya, Bangalore-560017. Editor Alok ChaturvediCopyright © 2020 SiliconMedia Technologies Pvt Ltd, All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part of any text, photography or illustrations without written permission from the publisher is prohibited. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or illustrations. Views and opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the magazine and accordingly, no liability is assumed by the publisher.advertise@siliconindia.comVisualisers Vetrivel S Sivasankar S ManjunathGroup Art DirectorAshok KumarNoidaAshu Sethi Garima Anand Circulation Manager Magendran PerumalAnupreethi Danila.D Chander Thyagaraj Felisha Rita Correspondents Sigma Mohanty Subhadarshani Mohanty
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