Open AccessThe AmbuPod Project: Learnings of a Government-Certified, Telemedicine-Enabled, Rural Healthcare Startup in India
Author(s) -
Lavanian Dorairaj
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
telehealth and medicine today
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2471-6960
DOI - 10.30953/tmt.v6.259
Subject(s) - mentorship , government (linguistics) , telemedicine , work (physics) , health care , business , certification , private sector , economic growth , engineering , management , medicine , medical education , economics , mechanical engineering , philosophy , linguistics
The Government of India (GoI), during the past 8 years, has been encouraging and supporting start-ups with various schemes, for the purpose of wealth creation, improving economic growth, and employment. There is also a growing support system in India, in the private sector, for funding, mentorship, and techno-commercial support for telemedicine-enabled start-up projects. In practice however, there are many critical decisions that need to be taken and pitfalls to be avoided, for start-ups to achieve success, as envisaged by the GoI.Objective: This paper shares the challenges encountered so as to help upcoming healthcare start-up’s navigate this route skilfully, avoiding pitfalls.Results: The results of 4 years of work (Jan 2016 to Mar 2020) and the present status are discussed and the learnings drawn from the AmbuPod Project (on-going) summarized.Conclusion: Telemedicine supported Rural Healthcare Start-Up projects have a good business potential in India, provided challenges are planned for, addressed, and resolved.