Denis Opudo
Founded in 2015, Doxper allows doctors and clinical officers to digitize their records. They do this using an encoded paper and smart digital pen. This takes place without the need of changing of their behavior. The pen is in a position to record data of 1,000 prescriptions at a time. The startup was co-founded by Pawan Jain, Randeep Singh, and Shailesh Prithani.
According to Shailesh, doctor groups do not like to use the Electronic Medical Record systems (EMRs). This is because it spoils the patient-doctor relationship since they spend a lot of time on consultations. It has been a must to use EMR, but the system has been neglected or unpopular. A good example is in India since doctors are not happy with typing.
The startup is now solving the barrier to recording the clinical data. It has its fixed algorithms currently in beta and it is continuously advancing. The algorithms change handwriting into the typed text. This happens so as to engage more patients and analytics that improve the work efficiency in the health sector. It has an easy management and scheduling system for health workers to manage their patients in the best way. Furthermore, Doxper has an API solution for hospitals to link into their system to check on the patient’s records in OPD, Causality, ICU and Emergency departments. Through it, patients are able to get all the required medical information at one point without visiting many departments.
The startup has a total of 800 customers who include clinicians and private doctors within five cities. Furthermore, any institution is in a position to implement the use of Doxper at any time since it does not need any training. Shailesh adds that the technology is developing a quick and cashless OPD network in India. Furthermore, the Indian healthcare sector will grow to $280 billion come 2020. This will be an increase from its current $100 billion. This is due to the adoption of data and IOT digital solutions like Doxper. The Indian’s government is also increasing its quench on AI adoption, digitization, IoT, and ML. It is also working hard to improve its health care service delivery at an affordable cost. Therefore, it is important for the likes of Doxper to have better strategies.
Doxper has managed to secure funding worth $1.9 million. Vidal Healthcare gave it a Pre-Series A funding worth $1.1 million. Furthermore, it secured Seed round of funding of $750k from grows ventures and Vidal Healthcare. Other investors who also took part in that round of funding includes Globevestor and Investments who came in as private people in the medical industry. The startup now aims at taking its role of digitizing the world outpatient department (OPD) to South Africa, Southeast Asia, UK, Brazil and the Middle East come early 2019. It is currently piloting its operations in Nigeria and Bangladesh.
