Health startups in Southeast Asia are on the rise

 31-May-17, Vulcan Post 

At Wild Digital, Cole Sirucek, co-founder & CEO of DocDoc, and Nic Lim of HomeGP.asia were asked to give some informed opinions about the Digital Health scene in Southeast Asia. Both DocDoc and HomeGP.asia list healthcare practitioners on their platforms. DocDoc states that they’re the largest doctor discovery company and HomeGP partners with hospitals to provide homecare services like renting hospital beds, delivering pharmaceuticals and getting home physicians.

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Their views, in summary:

1. There’s A Real Need Being Addressed "The problem with healthcare is that usually, your network doesn’t have the information it needs to actually allow you to make informed decisions," said Cole Sirucek.
2. Consumers Are Asking For Digital Health "People used to assume that their healthcare is dependent on the government and their company or family. Well that time’s changing," said Nic Lim.
3. The Right Product At The Right Time "there won’t be too many winners in digital healthcare because healthcare is hard to execute," said Cole Sirucek. 

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