Eka Care, A Startup Helping Digitize Health Records Of Indian Patients, Raises $15 Million
07/19/22, 6:22 AM
Location
india
Money raised
$15 million
Industry
software
Eka Care, a startup that aims to digitize the health records of Indian patients, has raised $15 million in a new financing round as it looks to hire more engineers and bring additional doctors to its platform, which has amassed over 30 million registered users and 5,000 doctors.
Company Info
Location
india
Additional Info
In addition to supporting the government ecosystem, the company offers a Gmail integration to store medical records directly from emails. The company also works with external agencies and has an internal security and anonymization team to ensure the safety of user data, he said.“ Bengaluru-headquartered Eka Care started its journey as a record-keeping app for doctors and patients. The executive also pointed out that Eka Care has both patients and doctors on its platform, bringing a competitive edge over similar healthcare offerings. Eka Care claims to have become the largest repository of health records in India, with over 30 million health records and 1.6 million ABHAs. Eka Care claims it takes care of user security by carrying multiple measures. “They test us as a hacker like white hat hackers externally and try to give us any early warnings that we have done.”Eka Care also claims that it never rents or sells user “information or data to anyone” and never uses or transfers its user data “for serving ads, including retargeting, personalised, or interest-based advertising.”At present , Eka Care operates with a subscription-based model to generate revenues.