Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
AKAS Group has launched the only dynamic website for doctor's www.akasdoctor.com which caters to many services including some which are launched for the first time in the medical industry. The services include a Email 5GB of space. The specialty being that it's only for doctors and no one else can use this email id @akasdoctor.com.
This site requires the doctor to register for the first time and there after login before it could let the doctor in to the site. The site is customized for each and every individual and hence a login is must unlike other services like Yahoo or google, etc. The site brings up many services according to the specialization, topics of interest, Region, State, District, age, etc. So each one logs in sees different material and it is tuned for them. The promoters say the services that a doctor uses very often will slowly start appearing on the top and services that are not used will move down to the lower half of the screen.
Medical Journals based on the topic of interest of the doctor are all listed here. Online, Offline journals are available at one gateway. No need to search on the google for hours for journals. All efforts on searching, validating the journal and its content and categorizing based on topics of interest is done in this site.
There is an online matrimony service where only doctors wanting to marry doctors can register. This is the first time that a matrimony site is launched only for doctors.
All that a doctor or hospital wants in terms of disposables, consumables, instruments, spares, accessories are all available for online purchase for doctors at unbelievable prices. The promoters on behalf of the doctors have negotiated in bulk and the prices are lower than normal as wholesaler, distributor, retailer channels are bypassed. The promoters are also open for inputs from doctors to add in their requirements which can be catered to by them. For example a stethoscope range starts at Rs.46/-. The shipping costs are also nominal. The cost of purchase is low even while calculating shipping costs. Most important the trouble of purchasing is gone.
There is also doctor's forum where doctors can post/review and discuss about medical issues case history online. All the specialties of doctors are logging in and will post their comments on your postings. Knowledge enrichment happens here. Postings are only by doctors and not patients.
There is medical quiz where doctors can enrich their knowledge and also gain points and prices can be won for the good scorers. The quiz is also based on the topic of interest of the doctor, meaning a cardiologist gets cardiology questions and a Neurologist gets Neurology questions.
Medical news service brings news to their topic of interest, regional, national and international medical news. This fine tunes self for the individuals.
Doctors can now list their old equipment for sale on the site. They can also look for used medical products listed on the site for their purchase.
They can also list their hospital/clinic "for sale" or "For Lease" on the site for free.
They also can get a quote from medical equipment manufacturing companies for a particular product and get the information online itself rather than wasting their precious time with sales people.
Medical Books from Indian and imported publishers can be purchased online now. There is a good discount of 10% to 20% on most of the books. There is a large collection of medical books.
Doctors can also look for jobs in hospitals and seek employment. Hospitals are also allowed to put up their vacancy on the site. This also goes free.
Medical Associations are listed. CME programs can be registered online by organizers. CME programs based on speciality, Region is all viewable for the users.
Medical Colleges all India are listed state wise for the benefit of doctors.
Doctors can have their own website for Rs. 750/- per year with an address like www.dryourname.com. The cost includes domain registration and design, hosting all for Rs.750/-.
Also akasdoctor.com has made it clear that it would launch one new service every month for the benefit of the doctor's. All the services are free. Looks like the doctors now have a single gateway for all their internet needs.
Ashwin Rajagopal, AKAS PORTALS, +91 98409 45274 ashwin@akasportals.com
Source: AKAS PORTALS (Business Wire India)
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