What is Docty?
Docty is a global telemedicine platform where you get intelligent health solutions. It has bridged the gap between people and traditional medical services with guaranteed quality care and the availability of 24×7 specialists. Docty’s symptom checker monitors a patient’s health status and connects patients with the network of Doctors, Nurses, and providers for consultation. Its USP rests in interpreting the health records of patients and identifying their ailment to improve diagnosis with the help of AI. Within six weeks Docty can customize the platform to suit any geo-location.
The story behind Docty, access to medical care anytime, anywhere!
Docty came into existence with the need to provide safe and reliable care for patients. In 2018, the founders felt the need to build medical care through their personal experience. In 2020, the pandemic gave the founders the opportunity to kick start and solve the issue of medical care: limited resources and long wait times. Hence launched Docty in Colombia first, later to India and South Africa.
Let’s talk about the founders of Docty:
The Co-founders are Patricia Diaz (Finance); Ramya Subramanian (COO); Opo Herrera (CIO), and Laxman Bennabattula (CTO).
They aim to create the world’s largest healthcare ecosystem and offer patient-centric solutions via cross-industry and enterprise collaborations. Docty helps to eliminate the long wait time, more patient engagement, easy access to remote areas, congested ER facilities, reduced cost, and fragmented care.
In the recent publication of Health Economic Times dated 11th October 2021, the Co-Founder of Docty Ramya Subramanian stated about the Broken health system’s most prominent challenge in telehealth adoption in India. She also mentioned that, for eight months, Docty had a 24% MoM uptake in several mental health consultations. The app has even seen a 60% increase in the demand for individuals and group sessions for mental wellness programs compared before the pandemic. This increment was mainly due to the lifestyle adjustments, and people dreaded visiting clinics and hospitals. One can reach the best psychologist and psychiatrist without stepping out.
Why should you use Docty?
Docty is the data-driven human-centric digital health care platform.
- Here you get a FREE online Symptom Checker. This symptom checker acts as a permanent check-up system to monitor health status based on the symptoms and receive accurate medical advice at the ease of your home.
- Book appointments of verified doctors and specialists (Dentistry, general medicine, dermatology, plastic surgery, physical therapy, gynecology, orthopedics, gyneco obstetrics, pediatrics, homeopathy, nutrition, Ophthalmology, psychology, pediatric gastroenterology, physiotherapy, ENT, etc.
- Receive better diagnosis and treatment with the use of technological tools like highly intuitive emotions index that enable video recognition and analysis of facial expressions.
- Docty follows high data security standards that guarantee the safety of users’ information.
Book an appointment via the website https://www.doctyindia.com/ or download the app available for both Android and iOS users.
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Products and services offered by Docty:
- Purchase medicine from the Docty Pharmacy
- Avail Corporate coverage
- Book lab test
- Docty advantage, monitor your health in just 3 minutes with the FREE online symptom checker
- Book certified doctor appointments and start consultation based on specialization
- Improved diagnosis and treatment with AI-enabled emotions index, video recognition, and facial expressions
How to register at Docty?
Follow these steps to register at Docty:
- Enter your mobile number
- Click on verify the number.
- Enter the OTP for authentication.
- After authentication enter your name, email ID, and set your password.
- Fill in your details, and attach self-declared medical records
- Complete by submitting your medical insurance, if any, and medical documents.
Docty’s next move and market penetration in India:
In a recent conversation with YourStory, the co-founder Ramya reveals the start-up operates on the Pay-as-you-go model i.e. one can opt for subscription packages. The patient can download the app and use the Docty advantage for FREE Symptom checker but need to pay for doctor consultation.
Currently, there are more than 40,000 Docty users globally, and has 1000+ registered doctors. In India alone, there are 600 specialized Doctors on the platform and 2200 users. According to the recent report by Praxis Global Alliance, the Indian online Doctor consultation market is expecting to reach $836 Million by 2024 FY. The current market value is at $163 Million in March 2021. Docty has some tough competition with Practo, 1mg, mFine, iCliniq, and myUpchar. The founders believe they are ahead of the game as Docty provides all the services under one roof.
Docty’s next move is to ensure healthcare for everyone and everywhere. They are implementing this by expanding its services even to rural areas and ensuring healthcare delivery. Within the next two years, Docty is planning to expand five new geolocations.
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