envisages a replication across villages across India. In line with rapidly changing healthcare scenarios, Apollo is seeking to leverage digital health as a critical success factor for healthcare delivery. ‘Ask Apollo’ is Apollo`s endeavour to enable virtual consults and remote delivery of healthcare. It enables patients to consult virtually with 1,000+ doctors across 52 specialties through video, call or email. It is an integrated and advanced online healthcare platform that offers a suite of services such as appointment booking, online consultation, health
checks, online health records and homecare services. Jauhari says this was a pioneering effort: “The doctor appears on your phone screen and based on an appointment schedule one can have a virtual consultation sitting in the comfort of one`s home. The doctor writes the diagnosis and the prescription is mailed across.” Not only does it mean people don’t need to step foot inside a hospital, it also makes sense given that India has around 350mn Smartphone users who could use such a remote healthcare platform. India`s top private hospitals today face an acute shortage of critical care doctors, and in such circumstances, Apollo has undertaken expanding of remote management of intensive care units. Apollo runs electronic intensive care units (e-ICU) that enable top intensive care specialists to monitor ICU patients, help and guide doctors at smaller hospitals to treat a critical patient even if they are located in another city. Clinical staff monitors patients remotely using cameras, video, and microphones. Apollo
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