Practo and Ola partner for India-wide Mobility access to users visiting doctors
Millions of Practo users in India can now seamlessly book Ola rides and easily reach their doctors.
Bengaluru, September 21, 2016: Practo, the world’s leading healthcare platform and Ola, India’s most popular app for mobile transportation have partnered to provide seamless and stress-free healthcare experience for their customers. With Ola’s integration on the Practo app, millions of consumers across India will now be able to book an Ola cab – Micro, Mini, Prime or Lux, ahead of their doctor’s appointments, directly from the Practo app.
Additionally, Practo users will also get a reminder an hour prior to the scheduled appointment, allowing them to make use of Ola’s ‘Ride Later’ feature to book a ride in advance. If the customers chose to book via ‘Ride Now’ feature, other than seeing the nearest available cabs, they will also get the details of estimated fare and the expected time of Arrival (ETA) for the cab. Once the trip starts, the user’s final destination will be auto-filled on the driver’s app, ensuring peace of mind for consumers.
“This partnership with Practo is another step towards fulfilling our mission of building mobility for a billion Indians. We are looking at a number of solutions to provide an integrated mobility experience to our customers and this is one such example. By associating with likeminded companies that understand the market like we do, we are confident that customers will stand to benefit the most.” said Pranay Jivrajka, COO at Ola
ETAs as low as 4 minutes and maximum availability across categories on the Ola app, enhances the value proposition for Practo users by enabling access to the best of medical practitioners in the city.
Speaking on this partnership, Varun Dubey, VP Marketing and Head of Monetization, Practo said, “We want to provide the most seamless healthcare experience to consumers. As we continue our expansion to 100 cities and towns in India, our partnership with Ola will help millions of consumers in urban centres as well as in tier 2/3 towns to seamlessly commute for their doctor’s appointments and avoid the added stress of driving through traffic, find parking spots etc. Being the largest mobility platform in the country, with maximum availability across categories, this partnership will be of immense help for our users to reach on time for their doctor’s appointment. This is another step in our goal to help people live healthier, longer lives by simplifying healthcare access.”
The cutting edge technology of the Ola app has been integrated with heat maps, live traffic updates and other data to enable driver partners to take split second decisions about the shortest routes to help Practo customers make it on time to their appointments.
About Ola:
Founded in Jan 2011 by IIT Bombay alumni Bhavish Aggarwal and Ankit Bhati, Ola (formerly Olacabs), is India’s most popular mobile app for personal transportation. Ola integrates city transportation for customers and driver partners onto a mobile technology platform ensuring convenient, transparent and quick service fulfilment. Ola is committed to its mission of building mobility for a billion people. Using the Ola mobile app, users across 102 cities can book from over 450,000 vehicles across cabs, auto-rickshaws and taxis. Ola has also introduced a range of shared mobility services on its platform like Ola Shuttle and Ola Share for commute and ride-sharing respectively. The app is available on Windows, Android and iOS platforms. Please visithttp://www.olacabs.comand https://www.olacabs.com/media for more information.
About Practo:
Practo is the world’s leading healthcare platform that connects millions of patients with hundreds of thousands of healthcare providers around the world and helps people make better healthcare decisions. Practo provides a singular platform that helps consumers with all their healthcare requirements – from finding the healthcare provider to booking an appointment, online doctor consultation, getting their tests done and even ordering medicines. Practo also makes software products that help healthcare providers ranging from clinics to hospitals digitize and deliver more efficient and higher quality healthcare to millions of patients around the world every day. Practo continues to be dedicated to centering healthcare around the consumer and helping billions of people live healthier longer lives. For more information visit:www.Practo.com
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