KUALA LUMPUR: IHH Healthcare Bhd is partnering with regional digital healthcare platform Doctor Anywhere (DA) to offer teleconsultations to deliver healthcare beyond its hospital walls.
The teleconsultations will be offered by specialists from IHH's four hospitals in Singapore namely Gleneagles, Mount Elizabeth, Mount Elizabeth Novena, and Parkway East.
IHH managing director and chief executive officer Dr Kelvin Loh said it would need to complement and integrate its brick and-mortar operations with digital services to make healthcare truly patient-centric.
"Thus, patients can enjoy seamless and cost-effective care wherever they are. As Covid-19 accelerates the pace of healthcare digitalisation, we are staying ahead by deepening our in-house capabilities and deploying cutting-edge healthcare technology through partnerships with innovative companies such as DA," he said in a statement today.
Under the pilot phase to be launched on September 6, users on DA's platform will be the first to enjoy affordable medical advice and second opinion consultations by IHH Singapore specialists.
This would be for sought after specialties such as orthopaedics, gastroenterology and general surgery (colorectal).
IHH said more specialties such as cardiology and oncology would be added to the platform.
IHH's partnership with DA started in March 2020 as a co-lead in DA's Series B funding round.
It recently made a follow-on investment as part of DA's Series C fundraising.