AstraZeneca partners with Docon to digitalise 1,000 clinics across India

Bengaluru: AstraZeneca Pharma India Ltd. has signed an agreement with Bengaluru-based healthtech startup Docon Technologies for digitalising 1,000 clinics across the country, the local arm of the British-Swedish company said.

Under the partnership, Docon will equip the identified clinics with customised Electronic Medical Record (EMR) systems enabling clinicians to access complete patient history, according to a joint statement.

"This willgo a long way in helping the clinical community better treat chronic patients and manage long-term complications of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) like diabetes and cardiovascular diseases', it said.


Towards reaching the 1,000 clinics goal in 2021, on ground identification and support has been placed in 30 cities. Till now, as a part of the pilot phase, around 200 clinics have been upgraded with many of them being in Tier I and II towns, the statement said.

In addition to providing clinicians with a three day in-clinic training for learning and adoption, a dedicated helpline is also being established for the users to understand and resolve technical queries, it was stated.