5 Indian healthtech startups that empower doctors with their innovation
That the medical fraternity has been stretched to its limit in the past year would be an understatement. Medical practitioners have been manning the battle lines tirelessly as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to rage across the globe wave after wave; variant after variant. With a doctor-patient ratio of 1:1456, it is imperative to bring in technology to ease the burden on India’s healthcare ecosystem. Fortunately, there have been a few healthcare startups that have stepped in with new technology to make life easier for the medical fraternity and increase the ease of doctor-patient interactions in a virtual manner.
Global Indian looks at five such startups that are creating a seamless patient care experience through data analytics, artificial intelligence (AI), and machine learning.
Augnito

Rustom Lawyer
Launched in 2020, Mumbai-based Augnito is a cloud-based speech-to-text software that guarantees error-free documentation by converting human voice into written text in real-time. It runs on AI and happens to be India’s first and only medical speech recognition application available that doctors can use to generate reports. Augnito was founded by Rustom Lawyer, the man behind Scribetech, a 19-year-old company that pioneered clinical documentation in UK’s NHS. The tool uses Human-Centered Design principles to understand the needs and challenges faced by Indian doctors and took seven years to be developed. It uses cutting-edge technology in speech recognition science and offers the highest accuracy rates for diverse Indian accents.
In a report in India AI, Lawyer said that with funds from his business at Scribetech, they didn’t need to raise any additional capital for Augnito and were able to launch it right when the COVID-19 pandemic had begun to pick up pace. Today it works with over 4,000 doctors and hospital chains such as Apollo, Max Read More
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