Ebix’s Ask a Doctor Telemedicine Service Goes Live Across 33,000 Kiosks in the State of Rajasthan, India
October 12 2015 - 10:12AM
Ebix, Inc. (NASDAQ:EBIX), a leading international supplier of
On-Demand software and E-commerce services to the insurance,
financial and healthcare industries, today announced that it has
successfully deployed its telemedicine service Ask a Doctor across
the length and breadth of the state of Rajasthan, India through
more than 33,000 kiosks. This deployment is part of the Govt. of
Rajasthan’s ambitious eMitra initiative, an e-governance service
implemented in all 33 districts of Rajasthan.
The State Government’s eMitra service targets
the 73.5 million people of Rajasthan, in terms of improving their
lives by educating them as also allowing them to avail on all the
benefits being offered to the citizens by the Government, through
franchisee run kiosks spread across the length and breadth of the
state. eMitra kiosks and counters make it possible for people
residing in all corners of Rajasthan to avail various services and
get their work done without running around in government
offices.
RISL, on behalf of Govt. of Rajasthan and Ebix
has jointly signed an agreement for the launch of “Ask a Doctor”
service through eMitra platform wherein any resident can seek
advice from a doctor about his or her health issues. eMitra has a
wide spread IT enabled unified network of 33,000 kiosks, out of
which 22,000 kiosks are operational in rural areas up to the Gram
Panchayats. The service is especially aimed at benefiting the
rural citizens who can walk-in into any eMitra kiosk and can get
answers to their questions from doctors/ medical specialists from
all over the world by making a nominal payment. The medical
advisory services by Ebix are provided through its online network
of approximately 15,000 Physicians and Surgeons spread across 50
specialties including alternative medicine.
Ebix’s specially created telemedicine service in
Rajasthan, will provide expert advice on most of the common health
needs of the citizens on 24x7 basis in the most often spoken
language of Hindi in the state. Through the “Ask a Doctor” service,
a citizen can get answers online on email or on their mobile phones
within a day’s time. “Ask A Doctor” service allows a consumer to
write a health query, attach a picture or upload a lab report and
post to doctors across the world in just a few clicks. The service
was deployed after an extensive round of on-site testing by both
parties.
Robin Raina, President & CEO, Ebix said, “We
are excited to be partnering with the Govt. of Rajasthan to provide
expert medical advice to the citizens of the state in every remote
corner of this large state, that has a an area of approximately 342
thousand kilometers and a population of approximately 73.5 million.
The expanse of this effort and what it sets out to do can be
further outlined by the rich cultural diversity that defines the
glorious state of Rajasthan across the world.”
About eMitra
eMitra is an ambitious e-governance initiative
of Government of Rajasthan (GoR) aimed at educating people about
government policies and schemes available for their benefit while
simultaneously helping them avail these benefits and improve their
living standards. Implemented in all 33 Districts of Rajasthan,
e-Mitra employs the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model to allow
citizens to avail various services in the public and private
sectors in the comfort of their homes using an e- platform or
digital media.
Through e-Mitra people can avail around 200
services online including government schemes related to their
agricultural needs, schemes related to rural development, mobile
pill payment services and other community-based services. These
services are delivered via counters known as CSC (Common Service
Center) kiosks in rural areas and via e-Mitra kiosks in urban
areas, and online through www.emitra.gov.in.
About the Ask a Doctor Service
The Ask a Doctor service from Ebix provides
consumers quick and easy access to doctors, anytime, anywhere. At
any time of day, more than 100 doctors are online and ready to
answer questions. Ask a Doctor global network is made up of more
than 15,000 doctors from more than 50 specialties. The service can
be accessed on http://www.healthcaremagic.com.
About A.D.A.M. and Ebix,
Inc.
A.D.A.M. is the world’s most followed health
brand with more than 2.9 million twitter followers. A.D.A.M. is a
business unit of Ebix focused on providing innovative multimedia
health content trusted by best-in-class websites, consumer health
portals, healthcare, biomedical, medical device, pharmaceutical,
and academic organizations. For more information, visit the
business unit’s website at www.adam.com or visit
https://twitter.com/DailyHealthTips.
A leading international supplier of On-Demand
software and E-commerce services to the insurance, financial and
healthcare industries, Ebix, Inc., (NASDAQ:EBIX) provides
end-to-end solutions ranging from infrastructure exchanges, carrier
systems, agency systems and risk compliance solutions to custom
software development for all entities involved in the insurance
industry.
With 40+ offices across Australia, Brazil,
Canada, India, New Zealand, Singapore, the US and the UK, Ebix
powers multiple exchanges across the world in the field of life,
annuity, health and property & casualty insurance while
conducting in excess of $100 billion in insurance premiums on its
platforms. Through its various SaaS-based software platforms, Ebix
employs hundreds of insurance and technology professionals to
provide products, support and consultancy to thousands of customers
on six continents. For more information, visit the Company’s
website at www.ebix.com.
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