CEO&Co-Founder
| Selected winner: | Bot MD |
| Solution name: | Bot MD Care |
| Origin of the winner: | Singapore |
Bot MD is a Y-Combinator backed startup with the mission of empowering doctors around the world. The core technology behind Bot MD is a proprietary AI chat engine that can integrate a wide range of hospital information systems to provide instant answers to doctor and patient queries. Since 2018, Bot MD has been used by 18 000 doctors globally, and has helped over 4000 patients in Southeast Asia.
Bot MD Care
Bot MD Care is an AI patient monitoring platform that helps clinical care teams monitor and triage sizable patient populations by powering popular chat platforms like WhatsApp, Viber and Messenger.
The Bot can be easily accessed by patients without the need to download any new application. It also alerts medical personnel whenever there are patients who require intervention and enables follow-up through video teleconsultations by leveraging existing chat platforms.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Bot MD Care helped hospitals and clinics in Singapore and Indonesia monitor and triage the vital signs of more than 4000 COVID-19 patients by sending them automated reminders, education and care messages in their native language. The National University Health System in Singapore reported that the use of Bot MD Care has helped them monitor the vital signs of more than 500 COVID-19 patients from their homes and save over 3500 bed days.
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