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ACADEMY OF DIGITAL DOCTORS JOURNAL

HEALTHCARE,TECHNOLOGY & THE FUTURE:

LOOP-DELHI, 2016

Loop Delhi 2016 was the largest conglomeration of medical healthcare leaders the
country has seen. The event
was conducted by Practo, a
platform to improve the experience of healthcare, and was
held at The LaLit, Connaught Place on 18 September, 2016. An incredible
number of doctors and
healthcare pioneers were at
the forefront of the event.
The theme at this Loop was
‘Advancing
Healthcare
Through Technology’ and the
session started off with Shashank ND, Founder & CEO
of Practo speaking about
what led to the inception of
Practo, and how Practo was
born because of a seemingly
simple problem he was faced
with — his father’s doctor was

unable to mail Shashank his
dad’s medical records because
the software he used did not
have that provision.
That was over 8 years ago.
Today, Practo caters to over 2
million online enquiries for
doctors and helps patients
connect with the right doctor
in the most seamless way possible.
Practo also plays best friend to
doctors by helping them in
every aspect of patient care. All
this happens through the various products of Practo — Ray,
Reach, Consult, Health Feed,
Feedback, Profile, Insta.
Shashank outlined four key
areas of focus — online consultation, telemedicine, med-devices, & digital data. He also

The future of healthcare is
in online consultation,
telemedicine, and med-devices.
- Shashank ND
CEO & Founder,
Practo
touched on the end-to-end
journey of a patient with
Practo that he explained
through the Hyper Loop.
When Dr. Velumani, Creator
& MD, Thyrocare took to the
stage, the audience remained
enraptured throughout. His
session titled, ‘From a Village
to Stock Exchange: Using
Technology to Create India’s
Largest Diagnostics Business’
took the audience through his