http://blog.acumenfund.org/2008/07/14/analyzing-the-low-income-healthcare-market-in-india/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:38:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://blog.acumenfund.org/2008/07/14/analyzing-the-low-income-healthcare-market-in-india/#comment-160345 Health and Wellness Information Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:10:26 +0000 http://blog.acumenfund.org/?p=594#comment-160345 All this is good, but I always have a question about scalability. Is it possible to have a panel of doctors provide "online chat help" to people in the rural areas? All we need is an internet kiosk, the kiosk owner. We need to empower the kiosk owner by paying some money per chat. The kiosk owner can be trained to chat which is not tough. He will also be encouraged to publicize his services as he is getting paid for it. The panel of doctors will provide the basic advice to patients - may be preventative - but also help patients get "some" help rather than none. The doctors can be funded through a website based on ad revenues. The online chats can be moderated for privacy and released. This will create a tremendous amount of practical and valuable information that can be monetized by advertisements - without compromising on privacy of the patients. I think this is a very scalable model and can be the "basic" and "primary" need that can be fulfilled - before we do the "brick and mortar" implementation by taking the health care experts to the remote places. All this is good, but I always have a question about scalability. Is it possible to have a panel of doctors provide “online chat help” to people in the rural areas? All we need is an internet kiosk, the kiosk owner. We need to empower the kiosk owner by paying some money per chat. The kiosk owner can be trained to chat which is not tough. He will also be encouraged to publicize his services as he is getting paid for it. The panel of doctors will provide the basic advice to patients - may be preventative - but also help patients get “some” help rather than none. The doctors can be funded through a website based on ad revenues. The online chats can be moderated for privacy and released. This will create a tremendous amount of practical and valuable information that can be monetized by advertisements - without compromising on privacy of the patients. I think this is a very scalable model and can be the “basic” and “primary” need that can be fulfilled - before we do the “brick and mortar” implementation by taking the health care experts to the remote places.

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