The 10 Most Innovative Digital Healthcare Solution Providers 2018

marriage, while doing her residency in Radiology, Dr.
Khurram conceived her daughter and unfortunately could
not continue her education as her institute did not have a
policy to have an expecting mother in the program.
Through another work opportunity, she landed into
community health, recognizing her passion and interest to
create basic primary health care accessible to people
especially in the underserved areas. Having recently
finished her master’s in Public Health; her key strengths
include raising investments, strategy development and
implementation, vigilance, passion and a strong business
sense which has enabled her to develop the company from
scratch. Dr. Sara is also the Regional Acumen Fellow for
2016.
Dr. Zafar has extensive experience in the field of E-Health
and Tele-health. She is currently doing her masters in E-
Health from University of Edinburgh through a
commonwealth scholarship. Her key strengths include
strategic development, business opportunities exploration,
and synergies development with external stakeholders. She
is also a Global Good Fund Fellow for 2018-19.
Noteworthy Services
The company connects all female health provider networks
to underserved beneficiaries providing access, outreach and
efficiency of healthcare. They have three distinct health
verticals:
• Access: By using trusted intermediaries (female front line
workers) in the communities and dormant health
infrastructure, they create Sehat Kahani E- Health Hubs
where a front line worker is trained by five step training
on medical knowledge, leadership and soft skills to
connect patients in these Hubs to qualified home based
female physicians and skills.
• Prevention: Sehat Kahani, through its preventive health
care portfolio creates innovative preventive healthcare
messaging and social marketing activities in target
communities to bring out a long term change in
behaviors and health patterns.
• Efficiency: Using their expertise in tele-health, they have
created their unique and specialized tele-health platform
- “Concierge Model”, which is accessible through
desktop and from mobile as well.
Facing Challenges Head-On
Currently, many competing tele-health companies are trying
to create similar solutions in Pakistan. Sehat Kahani is led
by two female doctors who have not only been through the
agony of not being able to practice but also know what it
takes to come back to the workforce. They recognize the
pool of knowledge their country is, that is being wasted by
not being able to reach where it should. They also have the
first mover’s advantage of being in the field for more than 3
years, piloting and iterating revenue streams, treating actual
paying customers. They are the data aggregators striving to
streamline true health data that has been under reported or
misreported in Pakistan. They have made revenue of over
net, created key collaborations and partnerships across all
service lines, and won national and international
recognition for their work showing that they are in it for the
long haul.
Marching Ahead Confidently towards the Future
Sehat Kahani works in multiple domains which encompass
a multitude of health outcomes ranging from treatment
options to preventive healthcare. Alongside using
technology-enabled treatment methods they have a special
focus and interest in preventive health care solutions that
can help create long term impact on the quality of life of a
patient. In a country like Pakistan where health care
indicators project a very grim picture, enabling doctors and
patients with first line health care support can be answer to
many complicated disease conditions. The company aims to
become a household name in Pakistan where by every
Pakistani can avail quality health care services from the
comfort of their communities, mobiles, and laptops at a cost
they can afford and with a health care provider they can
trust.
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