Reliance Forays Into Healthcare

[abhay 0]

Apollo Hospitals and Reliance Infocomm have joined hands to provide healthcare access to citizens in over hundred cities in the country.

Apollo Hospital will leverage Reliance Infocomm's nationwide chain of 240 WebWorlds across 105 cities to offer healthcare, and the Reliance WebWorlds in turn will offer access to the Apollo Telemedicine Networking Foundation (ATNF). ATNF is an all-India, integrated, multi-specialty, telemedicine system with over 80 stations and more than 2,000 in-house specialists.

To avail of this tie-up, one would be required to go to the nearest Reliance WebWorld and submit their medical history and diagnostic reports. Here the reports and images will be digitized and transmitted over Reliance broadband network, to the hospital's centralized telemedicine portal. Once this has been done, the patient's information will be reviewed and an appointment given with the appropriate Apollo specialist.

On the appointed day the specialist will "virtually" meet the patient at the WebWorld through video conferencing, for a face-to-face consultation and opinion. This opinion would then be recorded in the Apollo Telemedicine portal and a printout given to the patient at the WebWorld at the end of the videoconference.

Inaugurating the telemedicine facility, Dr Prathap C Reddy, chairman, Apollo Group of Hospitals, said, "By combining Reliance's 240 WebWorlds and Apollo's 80 Telemedicine Stations, we are creating a network few in the world can match. It marks the beginning of a new era in Indian healthcare."

"This initiative vindicates the firm commitment of Apollo Hospitals and Reliance Infocomm, to leverage information technology to benefit the common man. Apart from easy access of medical facility, it will also lead to substantial savings on healthcare cost and time", said Sarup Chowdhary, CEO, Reliance WebWorld.

The following services will be available at the Reliance WebWorlds and Apollo Telemedicine Stations:-

1. Tele-consultation with specialists and super-specialists at Apollo Hospitals.

2. Second opinion services relating to the diagnosis and management of a variety of clinical conditions.

3. Specialist review of investigation reports like ECG and Echocardiography

4. Apolloedoc (to seek online appointment with doctors across the Apollo Hospitals Network)

[ashoksoft 83]

Hmm ... after ICE now healthcare ... great! Reliance ke kaarnaame!

Cheers

Ashok

[anujit 0]

Be careful though, if its anything like the monsoon offer.... you could end up getting Rs.25,000+ bills for coughing on the roads!!!

[ashoksoft 83]

LOL !!!! Ha ha ha ha .... that was hilarious... Cough on the road ... and pay a fine!!!!!! LOL !!!!!!

Cheers mate

Ashok

[@ksh@T 20]

but guys its costly a lot..thru webworlds its almost Rs 975/- per 15MIN.......aint it costly......