Practo’s appointment booking business that makes it easy for patients to find and book in-person consultations with doctors, has today announced an addition of 9000+ new clinics and hospitals in the last two years.
With this new addition across 750+ pin codes, the total number of partner hospitals and clinics in its appointment booking network stands at close to 80,000.
More than 94% of new pin codes added were in Tier 2 cities, indicating the company’s growing focus and presence beyond metros.
In addition to that, Practo has also onboarded 12,000+ new healthcare professionals across specialties to its network.
With this Dentistry, Dermatology and General Practice are now the top three specialties with respect to the total number of healthcare professionals.
This Industry-first technology that powers Practo’s appointment booking business ‘Prime’ was introduced in 2018.
It aggregates healthcare providers’ appointment inventory enabling real-time online scheduling for patients. In the process, it has helped:
- Increase in the total value driven* for the provider network by over 30%
- Increase ease of access to patients by assisting 23% more patients book appointments online
- Increased no. of appointment booked with premier institutions like Max Super Speciality Hospital, Apollo Hospital, CK Birla Hospital, BLK Super Speciality Hospital, Aster, Motherhood, Fortis, Cloudnine and Manipal Hospital, by 25%
Rowel Coelho, Business Head – Primary Care, Practo said :
Dr Alexander Kuruvilla, Chief Strategy Officer, Practo Said :
About Prime
Practo Prime is a technology product for clinics and hospitals which helps them provide an
exceptional visit experience to patients with assured benefits. Prime focuses on helping patients book appointments that offer quality and convenience.
Launched in 2018, today, thousands of hospitals and clinics use it to not just provide offline appointment booking convenience to their patients, but for online consultations too.
With Prime, healthcare professionals are able to provide patients with benefits such as low wait times at clinics and hospitals, instant online appointment confirmation 24*7, assured consultation with the booked doctor and free follow-up consultation via chat after the first consult.
By bringing convenience, predictability and quality together, Prime has forever changed the landscape of doctor appointments in the Indian healthcare ecosystem.