Thursday, 14 April 2016

Introducing Our New Android Application - We are just an APP away!




For majority of the population, a smartphone in hand is a solution to everything they need. In this busy world, time is precious, so we have come up with our new “Android Application”, which not only makes booking for tests easy but also helps you stay connected with preventive healthcare at your fingertips. New features of our app will make your experience simpler and easier to book the tests or profiles for yourself and your family members and get access to personalised preventive healthcare as per your convenience.


Features -

1. Ease to search what you are looking for 
Users can easily search for the tests, profiles and packages they are looking for. The ability to find a test by its name or by the disease using the “search” bar makes it more simpler for users to find what they need. 


2. Simplified view for your pick 
The improved user interface lets you select your packages and profiles more conveniently. You can easily navigate through home screen menus - Preventive care, book test or offers and and pick the ones most suited for you.

3. Book a Test on the Go 
If you are in a hurry to book the test you need, use our “Book test” feature which helps you in adding profiles and packages to your cart and proceed for its bookings. 

4. Pay with Trust 
Pay later during sample collection or pay online for your bookings with a “Secured Payment Gateway”, choose the mode of payment as per your convenience with complete confidence and peace of mind. 




5. Tracking Reports anywhere, anytime
Want to track your reports and orders on your own? Now, no assistance is required to track your reports. Our “My reports” feature helps you do it all by yourself, see and download reports whenever you wish by just putting in the order number or the receipt no.



6. Your entire family’s personalised preventive healthcare
You can book a test for your family members too! Just add them to your profile and fill their details! You do not have to fill in the beneficiary details over and over again, saving your valuable time!. 



7. Connect easily to our team
Keeping in mind the most used communication mediums, we have made reaching us easier! With whatsapp, email, call and other social channels we wish to bring solutions for all your needs and queries.

8. Login through your Facebook and Google Account
Not feeling like filling a registration or sign up form? Just use your Google or Facebook login to sign-in to our application for our latest offers on preventive health checkup packages. If you wish to book a profile for yourself , just complete your profile details along with your familial history of the illness and other details.

9. Get Notifications for our latest offers
Be informed of our latest offers and avail them anytime through our app! 



We request you to kindly download and review our new android application for all our features. We are doing our homework to update and upgrade our new application and therefore, your reviews and feedback really matter to us.
Kindly visit playstore and download our new app 

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Thursday, 18 February 2016

Indian Healthcare, 2015.


A Glimpse of Indian Healthcare 2015


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Introduction :
Healthcare has become one of India’s rapidly growing sectors highlighting tremendous advances in terms of technology, revenue as well as employment. It comprises of hospitals, clinical trial centers, medical device manufacturers, diagnostic centers, medical tourism, health insurance, etc. The Indian healthcare industry is expanding at a brisk pace because of it’s improving coverage of essential services, and raise in spending capacity both by the public as well as private sector. According to recent survey in 2013 by WHO, India's total expenditure on health per capita was 215 Int $.

History :
The roots of Indian healthcare can be traced from around 3500 years back marked by Ayurvedic practice of medicine. Healthcare is not just a sector which gives economic boost to India, but actually gives identity, knowledge, and ancient practices which causes development of it on firm grounds considering the main focus, not just on physical health, but also mental and other aspects of health. The sad part is having looted it well for over two hundred years, the British left India in 1947 without any appropriate health check up facilities. Before the independence, healthcare in India was based on voluntary work and traditional methods of medications were used to cure diseases based on knowledge passed from one generation to next. But the scenario changed drastically after independence as government of India emphasized on providing basic healthcare facilities. But due to financial restrictions, it was not possible for the government to complete healthcare needs of all, but the historic entry of private sector into this industry led to reduction in gap between needs of the people and supply. Health care facilities and personnel increased substantially between the early 1950's and early 1980's. Then, came new insight into the field of medicine popularly known as telemedicine, a delivery of healthcare information across the distances using telecom technology. In 2000, World Health Organization’s Report ranked India’s healthcare system at 112 out of 190 countries.

Advancements :
Now in 2015, the Indian healthcare market is worth 100 billion USD and is further expected to expand upto 280 billion by 2020 with a magnificent compound annual growth rate of 22.9%. This significant increase is mainly due to availability of a large pool of well-trained and knowledgeable healthcare professionals as well as cost of medical treatments which are one-tenth when compared to that of the US or Western Europe. The Indian healthcare industry has emerged to be one of the top contenders among the affordable service players. Also, spending on healthcare is said to have raised by 12% per annum. Recent study by the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) indicated that hospitals and diagnostic centers attracted Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) worth 3.14 billion USD between April 2000 to June 2015. The reason behind such tremendous growth is medical tourism in India. India is placed among the top three medical tourism destinations in Asia, mainly due to low cost of treatment, quality healthcare infrastructure and availability of highly-skilled doctors. Now-a-days a steady increase in annual income, growing elderly population, sedentary lifestyle, excess of work pressure have become the drivers of all healthcare segments. When it comes to the Indian pathology industry, an important aspect is the compound growth rate of 20% per annum over the last five years achieved due to accelerated advancements in technology driving more efficient as well as reliable results in increasing numbers.

Future Scope :
The Indian medical tourism industry is expected to reach 2 billion till the end of 2015 as currently it is pegged at nearby 1 billion USD per annum, growing at around 18 %. India is now among the top five emerging pharmaceutical markets in the world which is expected to grow in double digits. Also, majority of global players in healthcare are now diverting focus on setting benchmarks to compete with the Indian market on the FDI norms. In addition, changing demographics, disease profiles and the shift to increasing percentage of lifestyle diseases in the country has led to increased spending on healthcare services which will definitely help in future prospects as preventive healthcare is in ever increasing demand. Many of the renowned Indian pathology laboratories and diagnostic centers are now willing to expand globally with outsourcing contracts. It has been observed that, 70% of Indian population lives in rural areas, so still there is a huge scope for fulfilling their demands, by providing healthcare services at affordable costs. This is similar to our mission which is, “ Serve to 50% of world's population, 50% of their diagnostic needs, at 50% of the costs.”

The Government of India is now aiming to develop India as a global healthcare hub. Also, investment in healthcare infrastructure is set to rise, benefiting both 'hard' (hospitals) and 'soft' (R&D, education) infrastructure and most importantly the benefits of both trickling down to the consumers of healthcare services.

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