5 startups digitizing doctor's journey


5 startups digitizing doctor's journey

The world of health is rapidly changing, adapting to the new habits and roles of patients, professionals and health services. The healthcare industry is growing year by year and is creating opportunities for better treatment. Healthcare in India faces various challenges like inadequate access, growing chronic disease and others.

The healthcare industry is trying its best to beat the growing market competition and change the landscape of the market situation. Technology plays a pivot role in the healthcare industry like diagnostic surgery, reaching out to doctors/ hospitals. There are various digital health startups which have emerged as the key player in digitizing doctors’ journey.

Enclosed below are the top five startups that have digitized care and emerged as the game changer in today’s world.

Navia Life Care: Navia Life Care serves over 8,000 doctors and 100 hospitals and clinics thereby providing better care to lakhs of patients. The startup is a boon for doctors and hospitals as it helps them to manage their patients with ease with the help of technology. It aims to make the doctor's life easy with the patient management system and provide enhanced patient experience to them. Navia has come up with various concepts to digitize the healthcare industry like Voice AI feature, Telemedicine and networking apps.

Practo: It is an app which provides access to the network of doctors and clinics, it has more than 120000 verified doctors. It has a very high-end technology which is digitizing the doctor’s journey. One can select a particular speciality or a doctor and he/she can describe the ailment. It also allows patients to have a one on one call or chat with the doctor. The app can also use Google maps and show you the way to the doctors near you.

MFine: MFine connects you to specialist doctors from the most trusted hospitals. Consult doctors online across 30+ specialities via chat, audio or video call instantly. It brings the doctors which are available on the common platform using technologies. One can also book a health check or a lab test from the comfort of your home. Online doctor consultation via MFine is the easiest and most convenient way to address the health concerns.

Doctor On Demand: It offers much needed attentiveness to preventive and chronic care including behavioral health. It covers urgent-care needs including coughs and colds, migraines, yeast infections, IBS, erectile dysfunction, and allergies. It is digitizing doctors’ journeys in a way as for immediate appointments, users are assigned a doctor, but scheduled appointments allow patients to select which provider they’d like to talk to.

Meddo: Meddo partners with top doctors to provide care to the patients, providing all health needs under one roof. It provides doctor consultation, nutrition, lifestyle, cutting edge lab testing and other health services.