Aman Foundation joins hands with MyDoctor.pk

The Aman Foundation, in line with its vision of a healthy Pakistan, has joined hands with a healthcare startup - MyDoctor.pk to bridge the many gaps in the Pakistani Healthcare Ecosystem. As part of the collaboration, The Aman Foundation and MyDoctor.pk will work together to digitize the healthcare facilities in Sindh through its proprietary hospital/clinic/practice management services.
As an extension of this partnership, Aman TeleHealth services will now be integrated with MyDoctor.pk online appointment booking services - thus, helping patients to reach the RIGHT PMDC Verified Doctors that are ideally suited to patients based on their healthcare needs & proximity requirements.
Using MyDoctor.pk website/app, consumers can also:
i. Search doctors & book appointments with more than 14,000 PMDC verified healthcare professionals
ii. Connect to a doctor for Free 24/7 & get instant medical advice regarding most common illnesses over the phone
iii. Buy medicines & get authentic & reliable medicines deliver to your door-step without any hassle
iv. Order Home Sample Collection & get Lab tests done from the comfort of your home
v. Maintain complete medical records & history of themselves & family members - all in one place.
vi. Connect with doctors online via video consultations (Launching 1st Dec, 2017)
Speaking to Business Recorder, the co-founder of MyDoctor.pk, Abid Zuberi said, "MyDoctor.pk relentlessly continues to evolve its proposition of resolving all issues/challenges faced by a consumer in patient life-cycle journey, with a mission to become THE-GO-TO Healthcare portal for all patient needs. Our commitment is to provide easy access of quality healthcare services and we will continue to evolve according to consumer needs'
In a short span of time, the platform has grown into leading healthcare service provider forging partnerships with some of the biggest players in the industry including Chughtai Lab, ServAid, The Aman Foundation & FonePay.Speaking on the importance of their collaborations, Abid said that only 0.5% of GDP spend in Pakistan goes into healthcare, which is the lowest amongst South Asian countries. In order to address the mammoth scale of the problem in Pakistan, it is imperative for the leading players in health segment collaborate& work together to address these challenges.
Apart from patients, there is a severe lack of automation on the healthcare professionals end as well. Managing critical patient history and electronic health records is a practice that is extremely obscure in Pakistan due to lack of locally tailored quality solutions. To address this, MyDooctor.pk has a Doctor side to their services as well and offers a practice management solution to healthcare professionals using which Doctors' can;
a. Automate appointment booking with various value add features such as reminders and cancellations etc.
b. Maintain medical history of patients in one place and write Electronic Medical Prescriptions
c. Manage the billing cycle of patients with receipts management and record files
d. Maintain all patient history in one place and modernize the overall patient experience
Speaking on the market feedback and response, Abid said "The market feedback has improved significantly in the last 6 months and now there are more and more Doctors who are getting on board & are open to the idea of 'automating' their practices and clinics. On the contrary, from patients' perspective, the demand for services such as above has always been there and it's just matter of tapping into the segment."In a country where healthcare is mainly administered in the private sector with Outpatient visits accounting for almost 80% of health spend; there is a dearth need of health-tech initiatives to bridge the gaps in the severely underfunded Healthcare eco-system. Technology has played a major role in easing the transportation needs of millions of Pakistanis with tech companies such as Uber & Careem changing the transportation landscape within a couple of years. Whether, we'd get to see more of the same in Healthcare with organizations such as MyDoctor.pk, only time will tell. However, what is for certain is that initiatives such as these can go a long way in making healthcare simpler & more accessible for the masses in Pakistan.-PR