Health services in mumbai - Mumbai

I ndia is the second most populous country in the world with a population of over 120 crores. The number of doctors to cater to this continuously rising population is not equally sufficient. Owing to this fact, adequate and equitable distribution of healthcare services has always been a challenge in our country. Adding to this mismatch is the recent trend of concentration of healthcare facilities in the cities and towns which includes 75 percent of the population of doctors, which is away from rural India, where 68.84 percent of the national population lives. To add to the above challenges, in 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic has also contributed its bit to the unprecedented burden on an already burdened healthcare system in a country like ours.

At a time like this, Telemedicine empowers doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals to reach patients who might otherwise not receive the specialized care they need, and its use has exploded significantly in the past few years. Especially in India, the telemedicine concept has come a long way from ISRO’s Telemedicine Pilot Project in 2001, and this has increased significantly in the current pandemic era. With the steps taken by ISRO, the Department of Information Technology (DIT), the Ministry of External Affairs, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, and the state governments, this is bound to grow exponentially in the years to come. The fast exchange of patient information, timely advice, and last-mile connectivity with patients are some of the reasons for e-Health solutions’ growing demand among users as well.

The Indian market is expected to reach $5.4 billion by 2025 with a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 31 percent. This omnipresent demand for better healthcare services and infrastructure requires an efficient healthcare management system to bring affordable healthcare to rural and urban areas and break the physical barriers, and this is where DOCSMART plays a key role.