mark behl presents: 3 up-and-coming digital health companies that put patient experience first

3 Digital HealthCompanies That

Put PatientExperience First

MarkBehl.net

An article released inTechCrunch earlier this year,mentioned that the biggestobstacle to digital healthstartups is the integration of thetechnology that these companiesprovide into larger legacysystems.

However, over the past year, we’ve seen somegreat leaps and bounds in the digital health

industry.

Over 111 deals have been documented in the digitalhealth subsector

Together these deals accounted for a total of $1.3 billion

AND

(Startuphealth.com)

Clearly, some digital health startups have beenmaking out like bandits.

And the ones that have been doing so have allkept a laser-like focus on patient experience.

Here's a look at three of them.

Practo

Based out of India, Practo offers a bookingservice for healthcare appointments. In August, it

raised $90 million in Series C funding from

Tencent SofinaGoogle CapitalSequoia IndiaAltimeter CapitalMatrix PartnersSequoia Capital Global Equitiesand Yuri Milner

With this funding, Practo isplanning to expand the amountof cities where it is currentlyoperating from 35 to 65.

What’s more, Practo hasalso begun collaboratingwith Uber.

In India, Singapore and Indonesia, users willbe able to see the closest Uber availablewhen they receive reminders for theirappointments, including:

Estimated FairEstimated time of arrival for UberAnd the destination address at the start of the trip

Omada Health

The biggest talking point with Omada Healthis the way that it’s placing priority on clinical

validation.

On their website they bill themselves as pioneersof “digital therapeutics…a new category of

medicine that sits at the intersection oftechnology, and design.”

This past year, they added a program to theirsite for patients at risk to cardiovascular

disease.

And investors must be big fans.

Omada Health raised 48 million in theirSeries C round, which they plan on using to

expand their digital therapeuticsprogramming on type 2 diabetes.

With an intersectional focus, this program willspan web, mobile engagement, and

counseling efforts based on guidelines fromthe National Diabetes Prevention Program.

Omada Heath's newest investors include:

Norwest Venture PartnersGE VenturesdRX Capital

ZocDoc

ZocDoc is already known for providingan outstanding appointment booking

service, but now they’re looking toenhance patient experience even more.

Streamlining the process of bookingappointments has been a target for many

digital health startups, but ZocDoc is lookingto set itself apart with exceptional price-

comparison tools and an aggressiveapproach to expanding its customer base.

At $130 million, ZocDoc raised one of thelargest funding rounds this year.

This past year saw Fitbit, Teladoc, andEvolvent Health go IPO.

The word on the street is that ZocDocmight be next.

Some other companies worth mentioninginclude:

Doctor on Demand - providestelemedicine servicesPager - a medical concierge serviceMedical Memory - a way for specialistphysicians to record appointments withdigital video and store recordsOscar - a streamlined health insurancecompany

Which digitalhealth companies

are you watching?

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