Telemedicine market is growing at a CAGR of over 20%. It’s currently pegged at 15 Million Dollars - while the global size of the telemedicine market stands at 10 billion dollars. And our Rising Star today has seen the possibilities since 2012 when the venture iCliniq was set up. Vikram Oza of BTVi speaks with Dhruv Suyamprakasam, Founder at iCliniq. ... read more »
iCliniq plans to use the proceeds to fund an acquisition and invest in artificial intelligence technology ... read more »
City residents are increasingly accessing healthcare solutions on their phones and emails, with several virtual options being made available by companies. ... read more »
WELLNESS INDIA
- 20.Sep.2016
At iCliniq, we have observed that 80 per cent of health issues can be solved online. But the challenge is that doctors cannot touch or feel a patient like an in-person visit. There has to be a process to cure patients online. We are proud of the fact that we are first to have a quality assurance team (comprises of doctors and data scientists) and the first to devise such a process. It took almost 3000 interactions for our team to devise the process. ... read more »
Armed with technology, young start-up firms offering health services online are challenging taboos associated with many bodily and mental ailments and bridging the digital divide by tele-connecting people in small towns to doctors in big cities. ... read more »
This three-year-old start-up is now gearing up to raise funds to support its technology development. Founder-promoter Suyamprakasam told BusinessLine that the requirement would be of the order of $5-6 million to enhance use of technology and build Smart Doctor, a product the company is all set to patent. ... read more »
THE HINDU
- 26.Jul.2016
iCliniq, a leading online doctor consultation platform has announced a partnership with DICOM Grid, a healthcare SaaS company dedicated to making digital medical image management accessible to everyone, from anywhere in the world ... read more »
Globally, healthcare consumer-centric companies raised more than $1.2 billion in 95 deals, accounting for 77 per cent of the total $1.7 billion raised in second quarter. ... read more »
Too embarrassed to deal directly with doctors on sexual and psychological problems, a lot of users are logging on to virtual clinics for faceless medical advice ... read more »
Healthcare app iCliniq has a Slackbot and a Telegram bot. Dhruv Suyamprakasam, founder of iCliniq, says he has trained them to recognise 4,500 words and a lot of data. “Training a bot is not easy. A query with the word acne means it is for a dermatologist, varicose veins should take the query to a vascular surgeon,” he says. ... read more »