APRIL 20184The healthcare market in the Middle East is gaining significant traction on account of various factors including government initiatives to encourage medical tourism, evolving health insurance policies, and growing propensity among the local population to consume digital health services. Global healthcare companies see this as a major growth opportunity and are trying to figure out the right business model.Healthcare startups in Middle East are big news at the moment and the drive of entrepreneurs to innovate and make it easier for people to get the care they need has resulted in improvements in coverage, diagnosis, communication and more. Entrepreneurs have started to take centre stage to find new remedies or treatments - more to improve access, operating models, analytics, and find tech-related solutions. With the market backing up their value and importance, several start-ups are encouraged to continue their disruption of the regional healthcare industry. These healthcare start-ups have devised a wave of new solutions ­ primarily in the realm of digital health.Capitalizing on both the maturing entrepreneurship ecosystem and growth in technology trends, healthcare startups in the Middle East region have begun to lay the foundation for other startups and are supporting institutions to build a robust and dynamic community. Their growing momentum and knowledge base can help fortify the region's healthcare systems and foster best practices for stakeholders in and outside of the region to follow.Nandini MukherjeeManaging EditorHealthcare Start-ups in the Middle East are Creating an Ecosystem of SuccessEDITOR'S NOTEsiliconindia DECEMBER 201711How is Digital Transformation is Changing the Landscape of Businesses in India Vol 3 · Issue 9 - 1 · April, 2018 Publisher Alok Chaturvedi Managing Editor Nandini Mukherjee Editorial Team Amit Raja Naik Lakshmi G Pooja Devi Shefali Mathur Tashi Sangmo Chandrika P Patra Deepshikha Singh Sales & Marketing Ashu Sethi Garima Anand Editorial Queries editor@startupcity.com To subscribe Visit www.siliconindiamagazine.com/subscribe Cover price is ` 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 © 2018 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.sales@startupcity.comGroup Art Director Ashok KumarCirculation Manager Magendran PerumalVisualisers Mohana Krishnan ManjunathSr. Manager Sales & Marketing Amrit SinghShashi Ranjan
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