There's only one doctor for 1,000 people in India, according to World Bank's 2017 data. Mobile and Internet technologies are being seen as the means to address India's deficit of doctors, through innovations in technology and telemedicine. Globally, digital health startups attracted $5.8 billion in funding in 2015, according to venture capital database CB Insights. Three companies - Chinese medical platform Guahao, US-based Zocdoc, and 23andMe acquired unicorn status in 2015.
India's highest-funded healthcare startups in 2015 were provided by startup data tracker Tracxn, we can surmise that funding activity in India is centered mainly around appointment booking, cloud-based healthcare information systems, and online pharmacy store providers, with a few startups involved in cutting-edge hardware and genomics research.
We’re not the only ones advocating doctor online appointment booking systems. There are many other key findings and predictions by Accenture and many other famous industries-
- 66% of U.S. health systems will provide online scheduling.
- 64% of the patients will schedule appointments online.
- 986 million doctor’s appointments will be scheduled independently.
- Value of online appointment scheduling: $3.2 billion.
- The global mHealth market is projected to reach USD 111.8 billion by 2025.
- It is growing at a CAGR of 44.2%
Top Companies In Doctor Appointment Booking App Industry
Practo:-
Capital-funded Practo provides healthcare solutions for healthcare providers and consumers. Practo Search lets patients browse through doctor profiles online and book appointments, while Practo Ray serves as a practice management solution for healthcare providers to manage patient data and digital healthcare records. The company appended specialty-specific modules for Physicians, Paediatricians, and Dentists to Practo Ray. Practo is active in 35 Indian cities, and in Singapore, the Philippines, Indonesia, and Malaysia, and acquired Fitho, Genii, Qikwell, and InstaHealth in 2015.
Lybrate:-
Lybrate is India’s first and fastest-growing “mobile-based” healthcare platform. By seamlessly connecting doctors and patients through its first-of-its-kind health app, Lybrate makes healthcare more accessible. It allows patients to get the right information at the right time and allows doctors to touch more lives and help them with their extensive knowledge.
Setmore:-
Setmore is an appointments and meetings scheduler software solution that is built for businesses of all sizes with features like online payment, live booking, and the ability to send your customers text reminders. Setmore also has access to about 25 native integrations, providing an opportunity for your team to connect your scheduling process with other business efforts.
HealthTap:-
The first ingredient is the information module, which entails learning about what you have. Health Tap has the world’s largest repository of doctor-created and -curated content. Today, on HealthTap, you can ask any health question and get an answer from a doctor. We have over 72,000 U.S. doctors on HealthTap. To date, we've served more than 3.5 billion answers to more than 100 million people.
BookMyDoctor:-
Book My Doctor Is a self-governing health service that is aimed to achieve `Health For All` as proposed by the International Health Guidelines. The cardinal objective of this service is to bring the best doctors from the entire country to their ability to understand and deal with the demography and ever-changing disease modalities to better serve the people. For this, we regularly conduct a screening process to ensure an uninterrupted supply of proper health services which creates a double-edge opportunity for both doctors and the patients in question.
Features of Successful Doctors Appointment App
- Doctor and Clinic Search
- Stakeholders’ Profiles
- Appointment Booking
- Geo-Location Search
- In-built Payment Option
- Live Video Conference or Telemedicine Options
- Doctor Review
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