Wockhardt

1. http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2003-1222/news/27563592_1_wockhardt-hospitals-harvard-medicalinternational-vishal-bali [1]
a. Plan to set up telemedicine centers in foreign markets
through which doctors may consult indian specialists on
complicated and serious cases. If needed, patients would
then be advised by doctors to go to India to complete
treatement
b. Initial investment in hardware and software set-up is
estimated to be Rs 7 crore = $1.6 US Billion
c. Wockhardt has made soft launch in India by training
cardiac surgeons in Bangalore unit
d. Believe they can see results within 3 years time, hopefully
setting up nine super-specialty hospitals in Kolkata, New
Delhi, Mumbai, and Bangalore
e. Associated with Harvard Medical International
f. 7-8% of total patient pool targeted to be foreign
2. http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/wockhardtto-extend-cardiac-expertise-through-telemedicine-in-karnataka105092001042_1.html [2]
a. Wockhardt to primarily focus on cardiac care (expertise)
b. Wockhardt Hospitals already established 7 hospitals in
Karnataka
c. Intend to invest a total of Rs 500-700 Crore (US $116-163
M) in group expansion in the next 3-4 years
d. Wockhardts presence is in 5 cities now: Bangalore, Kolkata,
Nagpur, Delhi, and other.
Medanta
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medanta
a. Located in Gurgaon in the National Capital Region of India
in 2009 by cardiac surgeon Naresh Trehan
b. Known as Medanta The Medicity
c. one of India's largest and most prestigious multi-super specialty medical
institutes

2. http://www.indiaprwire.com/pressrelease/healthcare/20120929132560.htm [3]
a. First telemedicine consultation facility opened in 2012
b. The patients, through this center, can forward their medical history and
investigation details to the specialist at Meddanta and can book an appointment
for a video-consultation with him and seek his expert opinion about their
illnesses.

c. future plans are for exhaustive penetration into interiors of Punjab and Himachal
d.

Pradesh over the next three years

Dr. Trehan and other super-specialists are available to the general medical
practitioners in the region for continuous learning and updation through video
conferencing, especially when new landmark non-invasive treatments are being
developed

i. Valve replacement without surgery

ii. Managing uncontrolled high blood pressure, high risk
patients through simple renal denervation procedure
e. Attempting to address a growing cardiac problem in India
iClinic
1. http://blogs.reuters.com/india/2014/06/04/telemedicine-in-indiamight-be-just-what-the-doctor-ordered/ [4]
a. Recent startup (roughly a year old) Sanjoy Mukerji
b. Has telemedicine centers in eight towns where patients can consult
around 70 city-based specialists via video conferencing
c. 24/7 health portal
d. We have proved the concept works. We need to now stabilize the
revenue and we need to start expanding in all parts of India because
today there are 12,000 towns in India which have got 3G and
broadband
2. https://www.icliniccare.com/home/about-us [5]
a. Symptom checker (not great quality)
b. Poor interface
c. Provides corporate services
d. Provides a patient forum
3. http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/companies/iclinichealthcare-looks-to-raise-rs-25-cr-to-fundexpansion/article6238327.ece [6]
a.
b.
c.
d.

targeting to cover majority of the 1,000 towns in India that have broadband
and 3G facilities
reaching patients in over 40 remote towns in India as a first step to reaching
millions Sanjoy Mukerji
operations in Karnal, Jind, Kurukshetra and Sirsa in Haryana, Mandi
(Himachal Pradesh), Agartala in Tripura, Kosi in UP and a pilot unit in
Lagos, Nigeria
iClinic Healthcare aims to provide specialist care to patients in semi-urban
towns by setting up centres from where they may contact specialists and
super specialists in metro locations with the help of the local doctor and
consult them for diagnosis, advice and treatment over an online video call
with exchange of the patients reports over the web

Apollo

Apollo
Website: http://www.apollotelehealth.com:9013/index.jsp

Vision: bring healthcare of international standards within the reach of every

individual"
Has two arms: ATHS and ATNF (Apollo Telehealth Networking Foundation)
ATHS:
The commercial arm
Has over 200 telemedicine centers nationally and internationally
Their steps:
Capturing clinical information at remote site
Transmitting info to specialist
Specialist triages
Storing interaction in database
Making this info available to patients and authorized people
ATNF:
Non-profit arm
Had a 2007 pilot with Ericsson, the Gramjyoti project. Conducted across 18
villages and 15 towns in rural India
Demonstrated that wireless technology could be utilized to help with remote
medical tasks such as checking blood pressure, listening to heart rates, and
clinical examination.
Have Health Literacy video conferences with villagers in Tamilnadu about things
like Intro to Diabetes, Management of Diabetes, and other health issues.
Has Pan-Africa Project
Benefits of telehealth they mention:
Makes medical info more easily accessible
Improved efficiency of medical care
Improved service for patients (patients dont have to leave)
Allows physicians to access patients they normally wouldnt be able to
Telemedicine Consulting Centres
Over 85 set up across India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Middle East.
These are centers equipped with diagnostic equipment (X-ray, color doppler, 12
lead ECG, etc.) where people can go to get telemedicine consultations
Second page of http://www.apollotelehealth.com:9013/Projects.jsp: description of
a pilot program
Teleopthalmology?
Apollos Telemedicine 2.0: integrating mobile into their telemedicine thing so
that its more user-friendly