PRANJAL GUPTA | IIM INDORE

mHealth Startups to watch in 2016

mHealth IntroductionThe global mobile health industry is poised to grow up to 58.8 billion US dollars and for 2015 it is forecasted to be at around 14.5 billion dollars. The growth in Asia-Pacific is fastest at CAGR 34.2%

The key factors for growth in the industry are:1. Integration of wireless technologies.2. Increasing lifestyle diseases.3. Cost and convenience factors.4. Technological Innovations

Practo Founder: Shashank ND and Abhinav Lal

It is an online medical practice management software that provides doctors with appointment scheduler and electronic medical record services, prescriptions along with billing, IVR telephony and other healthcare management services.

As of August 2013, the company reports having more than 40,000 users all over India.

eHealthAccess(eVaidya.com) Founder: Ram Prabhu

Ehealthaccess gives its customers a way to interact with doctors no matter where they are situated.

Apart from providing instant access to more than 500 specialist doctors, they also have unique plans for families and pregnant women.

Healthifyme Co-Founder: Tushar Vashisht

Tracks nutrition, fitness and weight, provides wonderful insights about lifestyle and suggestions to improve it.

It also connects users with live experts that can guide them better towards their health and fitness objectives.

DocEngage Founders: Ahimanikya Satapathy and Asha Satapathy

It is a product that simplifies the way health data is captured and used.

It connects care providers and care receivers through web & mobile interface to create complete care to cure environment.

Their clinics have grown from 4 locations to 25 locations and 40% reduction cost.

MediAngels Founder: Dr Debraj Shome and Dr Arbinder Singal

The platform houses over 300 of the best experts from across the globe, who have been verified by a special global panel.

MediAngels is unique because it not only provides virtual consultation but also caters to other patient needs with products like virtual health records, access to pathology labs and more

HealthcareMagic Founders: Kunal Sinha and Abhilash Thirupathy.

HealthcareMagic is a question-and-answer website which provides answers to medical questions for a fee.

A user is required to register to post a question in HealthcareMagic, paying a variable fee to receive the answer.

The website provides answers to health queries from qualified medical practitioners registered with it from around the world

Social Blood Founder: Karthik Naralasetty

Socialblood is an initiative to, ‘Make a difference without waiting for anybody else to take the step.’

the user adds information like the city they live in, geo-fence for notification of blood donation requests (basically how far are you willing to travel to donate like 5 km, 10 km or the entire city) and blood type.

It then pulls up a list of connections that are already using the service.

Docsuggest (Ziffi) Founders: Anshuman Pandey, Keerthi Kiran Chennupati, Pushkar Soni and Shantanu Jha

Provides real time, accurate and detailed analysis about health and beauty services including stylists/doctors profiles, schedule, specialties, rating, reviews by previous consumers, etc.

With a network of more than 19,000 doctors, it is growing fast and will be accessible to anyone anywhere within the next two years.

Surgerica Founder: Amit Bhagat

Surgerica is a platform where a patient or his/her family can connect with doctors, choose a hospital, get a doctor’s opinion, compare prices and the diagnosis of two physicians –helping him/her make an informed decision about their healthcare choice

Medindia Founders: Dr. Sunil Shroff

It is a leading online provider of health information and services to consumers, physicians, healthcare professionals and corporations globally through their websites, applications and product offerings.

Medindia’s mission is to empower everyone, everywhere with authentic, relevant and timely information to lead happier and healthier lives.

Today, Medindia ranks among the top such sites globally, and ranks #1 in India and South Asia in the health category for both content and traffic.

References:

DNA

TechStory.in

Statista.com

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