Mumbai: MedicageA digital engagement platform for doctors, has announced that it has been able to connect with over 2.2 lakh Rural doctors Online. It has capitalized on this opportunity to become a digital channel allowing trusted access to doctors Medical information More than 15 features in a single app.
The portal enables doctors to get the latest medical information that helps them Patient care. These include goiter, skin disorders, lung diseases, which represent the diversity of patients seen by doctors in rural India. Currently, the digital engagement platform has subject matter experts from 70 countries and doctors from 2,000+ cities globally. They are also in the process of launching more clinical support tools that will help doctors connect with patients on their care journey.
Commenting on the development, Anurag Dhingra, Co-Founder, Medicage said, “Our aim is that patients in both urban and rural areas should have access to the same quality of patient care. A step towards that is the availability of up-to-date guidelines, surgical techniques and diagnostic techniques in lesser markets. With more than two lakh doctors in rural India now accessing the platform, we believe we are one step closer to solving the problem of information asymmetry.”
Abhishek Ghosh, co-founder and director, MediSage, said, “Rural markets have more general practitioners than tier-2/5/6 cities. Their challenge is that they have limited data, yet they treat serious cases like heart failure, diabetes and cancer. Today, with Medicage, doctors from rural markets are not only able to post cases on the platform to get feedback from experts in urban markets, but are also able to access information available on the platform through videos, live interactions and global journals.”
