Meet Shelley Saxena: The Mastermind Of The Incredible Sevamob Which Cures Illnesses Through Mobile Technology!
The entrepreneur Shelley Saxena who was born in Lucknow came up with a novel idea of providing healthcare to low-income families by tapping mobile technology. Sevamob is headquartered in Atlanta, USA with a fully owned subsidiary in India and was started in 2011.
The Goal of Sevamob
Sevamob was developed to fundamentally transform the delivery of primary healthcare in the developing countries, particularly for the low-income segment that has limited access to primary healthcare and limited awareness about insurance.
How it works?
The delivery happens through a cloud based mobile platform. The monthly subscription based primary healthcare is delivered through mobile clinics staffed with doctors carrying Android tablets. Then at signup, the team captures patient demographics and medical record in the software and gives a subscriber card to the patient.
Once a month, basic primary care such as BP, Sugar, ECG, BMI, Dental, Vision, Diet plan etc), is delivered on-premise. This includes preventive care (prescriptions and medicines for common ailments. For advanced issues, prescription requests are created in software. These go to back-office specialists who either give a prescription or set up a no-charge appointment.
Where are they functioning?
Sevamob is currently successfully serving in Lucknow city, Kakori, Mohanlal Gunj, Barabanki and Unnao in Uttar Pradesh. In Liberia (Africa) too, this model has been replicated through a license.
Besides Village Capital, they have received recognition from several other organizations like Nasscom Foundation, mBillionth Awards, Mahindra Rise and Artha Venture Challenge.
The multi-faceted and well-integrated Sevamob team is supported by back-office specialists, a 24×7 call center and a network of 3rd party service providers like hospitals, clinics and pathologists. The field teams are equipped with Android tablets having mobile software which can operate without network even in the most remote areas.
While Sevamob is doing a fabulous job in its designated zones, the health venture is at a nascent stage and rearing to spread its wings across a wider territory. Their goal is to scale from 4000 subscribers in 2013 to 240,000 direct subscribers within 5 years in India. They also plan to replicate the model in additional geographies.
We hope Team Sevamob scales higher reaches and betters the health of several more people, cutting across social and economic boundaries.
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