Top 10 Indian mobile healthcare startups to watch in 2016.

1. mHealth Startups to
watch in 2016
PRANJAL GUPTA | IIM INDORE

2. mHealth Introduction
The 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

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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.

10. 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.

11. 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

12. 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.

13. References:
DNA
TechStory.in
Statista.com
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