| | September 20174Over the course of last two centuries, human's life expectancy increased due to various reasons, akin to improved sanitation, housing and education, resulting in decline in early and mid-life mortality. The development of vaccines and antibiotics took this number up further. But even in this 21st century these facilities are highly limited to urban areas, while the rural areas where majority of the world's population resides still lacks access to basic amenities. From modern medical equipment to the best medical professionals, these resources are mostly limited to urban population, while the rural people still struggles to get their basic medical human rights reach them. India having one of the worst doctors patient ratios, the need to innovative in the medical field became more than ever important for the healthcare sector. Telemedicine surely plays a pivotal role in helping some of the healthcare professionals and hospitals take their service to the remotest of the locations to serve the underserved and give a life to the almost paralyzed rural healthcare sector. With some great innovations happening, the industry is turning the table in their favour and on the flip side, serving a social cause as well. With increasing population, the need for telemedicine services will see in up-rise, making the market more innovative and productive in their own way. This being the beginning of the new medical era, with time, changing need and feedback from the stakeholders, telemedicine industry will keep changing its gears until it catches the speed needed. To salute some of such innovative telemedicine companies, siliconindia brings to you `10 Most Promising Telemedicine Service Providers ­ 2017'. These companies are playing their part in the story of healthcare revolution, and will further disrupt the ecosystem through their innovative thinking and offerings.Do let us know what you think!Anamika SahuManaging Editoreditor@siliconindia.comEditorialTelemedicine ­ The Oxygen that Rural Healthcare Needed siliconindia Vol 06 · Issue 2 - 9 · September 18, 2017 Publisher Alok Chaturvedi Managing Editor Anamika Sahu Assistant Editor Susila Govindaraju Editorial Team Ananth .V Anurag Bhol Karthik Muralidhar Kavya J Bhat Shefali Mathur Sujith Vasudevan Trisha Pragya VP - Sales & Marketing Virupakshi Pattar Advertising Managers Editorial queries editor@siliconindia.com To subscribe Visit www.siliconindia.com/magazine-in 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, Murigheshpalya, Bangalore-560017. Editor Alok ChaturvediCopyright © 2017 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.comSr. Visualiser MaitreyeeVisualisers S Sivasankar Mohana KrishnanGroup Art DirectorAshok KumarNoidaAshu SethiCirculation Manager Magendran PerumalPradeep Kumar Dalai Shashi Ranjan
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