
Pocket doctor applications help people skip lines in waiting rooms and receive medical consultations at the most convenient time.
Patients can communicate with healthcare providers through text messages or live video chat and get diagnoses, prescriptions, lab test results, and more.
The global mHealth market is expected to reach $112 billion by 2025, growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 44.2% according to the report by Grand View Research, Inc.
We’ll consider the most popular doctor scheduling applications on the mHealth market in the US.
The following section talks about the main features of selected applications for booking doctors’ appointments and considers business models and revenue streams.
Founded in 2007, ZocDoc raised $3 million in a Series A round of financing led by Khosla Ventures (August 18, 2008), $15 million in a Series B (July 14, 2010), $75 million in a Series C (September 22, 2011), and $130 million in a final round of funding (August 20, 2015).