Pocket Doctor

Efforts By:
Aswathi Unni (06)
Baiju Desai (08)
Karan Vashee (24)
Ravi Thakkar (34)
Sanyam Sanghavi (35)
Yash Gor (40)
Healthcare in Rural India

 68-70% of India’s population live in rural areas .

 90% of secondary & tertiary care facility are in cities and towns.
 Low penetration of healthcare services.
 Lack of investment in health care in rural areas.
 Inadequate medical facilities in rural areas.
 Problem of retaining doctors in rural areas specially the specialist doctors.
 Rural & remote areas continue to suffer from absence of quality healthcare
services.
Telemedicine

 Practice of exchanging medical information from one site to other via

electronic communications.
 Represents growing sector of health care.
 Usually used to overcome distance barriers and improve access to medical
services that is not available in distant rural communities.
 These technologies permit communication between patient and medical staff
with convenience and fidelity.
 Telephone, radio, video telephony, advance diagnosed methods supported by
distributed client/server applications and tele medical devices to support in-
home care.
 Includes range of applications and services using a two-way video, email,
smartphones, wireless tools and other forms of telecommunications
technology.
 Telemedicine is on rise, just ask the companies behind the technology.
Major telemedicine projects

Sr. No. Company name Theme Location

1 Staphac NASA Arizona, USA

2 Space Pridge NASA Armenia

3 North-West Telemedicine Australia Queensland

Project

4 Telemedicine Flagship Malaysia Malaysia

Project

5 Primetime III USA Fines Boghia

6 Appollo Telemedicine Appollo Hospitals India

Project
Tele medicine applications

 Emergency health care.

 Video consulting.
 Tele cardiology.
 Tele pathology.
 Tele dermatology.
 Tele oncology.
 Tele dentistry.
 Teleophthamology.
 Tele psychiatry.
 Nursing home.
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Our Providers
 Every healthcare provider would be credentialed, certified and highly trained.
 The medical team would include physicians, nurse practitioners, physician
assistants, therapists and specialist doctors.
 All the providers would undergo a rigorous credentialing process based upon
guidelines set by Medical Council of India.
 Our provider network would be made up of :
A) Physicians
B) Nurse Practitioners
C) Physician Assistants
D) Therapists
Individual clinicians
 As an individual provider, practitioners will have freedom to treat patients
online through our service web portal. A WebXam will last 20-25 minutes,
which would allow them to see more patients during hours set.
 Offer convenience : The patients, practitioners will treat, would love the
expedience of being treated from the comfort of their home or office.
 Earn more : Our technology would help the practitioners boost their online
practice, without the hassles of dealing with insurance companies when it
would come to reimbursement of services.
 Experience flexibility :WORK FROM HOME AND CHOOSE YOUR OWN
SCHEDULE..!
Differentiate your hospital
 We would work with hospital systems along the country to implement
telemedicine practice. Providers can offer follow up consultations to
discharged patients, treat OUR patients during their own time, and even refer
current patients to have e-visits.
 Improve standards of Care : We believe following up with patients after they
have been discharged would be an excellent way to maintain quality care and
patient satisfaction.
 Increase patient volume : Telemedicine would make it easy to connect with
patients outside their normal geography, expanding hospital’s treatment
radius.
Emergency care centers
 It would be a turnkey telehealth solution that will connect patients interested
in seeing a medical provider online with available providers.
 Treat remote patients : With us, you will be able to connect with patients
outside your normal geography.
 Effectively use Provider downtime : Slow day at the clinic ? No problem. You
would be able to treat and diagnose patients online during your quieter shifts.
 Deliver accessibility : You will be able to treat patients from home or office
during times that are convenient to them and hence improve loyalty to your
clinic too as a result.
Plans

 Get listed in online directory of telemedicine providers.

 Market to university medical programs.
 Healthcare tradeshow.
 Introduce a medical kit.
 Monthly social campaign.
 Alliance with online pharmacy firms.
 Tie up with global market players.
 Co-ordinate with board certified physicians and doctors.
 Operating a Provider care group.
 Provide a platform where patients can file and track claims online.
 Using live video conferences, doctors can make a patient’s call virtual.
Medical kit plan

 Cost of kit 1900 per kit

 Price of kit 2000 per kit (Rural)
 Market price 2850
 Price of kit 2800 per kit (Urban)
 Market price 3000
Financials
Revenue Generation

 Charge patients per appointment.

 Subscription fees.
 Artificial Intelligence enabled consulting assistant.
 Providing software to health systems, where providers will treat their own
patients.
 Offering a health insurance plan.
 Alliance with online pharmacy companies.
 Local government hospitals and medical centres.
 Government subsidy, IF…
Benefits

 Resource utilization.
 Cost effective method of care.
 Early intervention.
 Avoids unnecessary transportation.
 Reduce the need of hospital readmission.
 Community based cares.
 Cost saving.
 Improved patient documentation.
 More value to patient care.
 Time savings and convenience.
 International patient-doctor base.
 Improved access for rural and older populations.
Limitations

 Patient-doctor relationships.
 Patient acceptance.
 Fear of technology.
 Low rates of utilization.
 Infrastructure.
 License.
 Lack of cable wiring and other kinds of high bundle width telecommunications
Future of Tele medicine

 Many medical centres in India are now successfully running telemedicine

projects.
 Increase in availability of internet, with new IT policies and improved
telecommunication network.
 70% of population lives in villages where treatment is provided by unqualified
medical practitioners.
 Number of patients using telehealth services will jump to 70,00,000 by 2018.
Add-ons
Telemedicine transforming Rural
India

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LW_shT9yzU