Doctor nearby
Medical centers
Russia
Central Federal District of the Russian Federation
Moscow
119180, st. Polyanka B., d. 50/1, p. 3
Top managers:
Kolomentseva Maria Vladimirovna
Owners:
VEB Ventures - 44,23%
Yandex
East Investment Investment Holding - Baring Vostok Capital Partners
Medical investments - 14,1%
Owners
The Doctor Nearby company (LLC) is a network of medical clinics in Moscow, the flagship of the Doctor Nearby public-private partnership program. As of October 2018, the company operates 12 medical centers.
Services
Providing access to citizens of the Russian Federation to free remote consultations of practicing doctors using the Doctor's telemedicine service on a wide range of medical issues.
History
2023: Medinvestizia bought 14.1% of the Doctor Nearby holding
On December 19, 2023, it became known that Medinvestizia JSC had entered into an agreement to acquire a stake in Doctor Nearby Holding, which is a co-owner (50%) of the united network of medical clinics in Moscow. These facilities provide a wide range of outpatient services for children and adults.
It is reported that as part of the deal, Medinvestizia bought 14.1% of the holding. We are talking about a share that previously belonged to Astori Business LTD, registered in the Virgin Islands. As of this date, another 44.23% of the holding is owned by Veb Ventures LLC (VEB Ventures; subsidiary ВЭБ.РФ), and 19.9% - Tim Drive LLC. The founder of the Doctor Nearby service owns 8.11%, Ruslan Ibragimov - 4.4%, Viktor Voitov - 2.9%. Six more participants have shares ranging from 0.25% to 2%.
The general director of the holding, Maxim Chernin, owns 1%. As Chernin notes, changes in the structure of the enterprise are associated with internal corporate restructuring. At the same time, the company's stakeholders have not changed.
The joint network of medical clinics, which emerged as a result of an M&A deal between Doctor Nearby and Niarmedic, unites 17 of its own multidisciplinary institutions by the end of 2023. They are located in various districts of Moscow. All these clinics, according to the organization's own statements, are equipped with modern medical equipment. The institutions employ a total of more than 500 specialists in 20 medical areas. Among other things, the company uses modern methods of service using telemedicine Internet technologies. These are online consultations of several specialists at one appointment of a family doctor. Such a service saves time, money and allows you to comprehensively approach the patient's medical problem[1]
2022: Maria Kolomentseva - the new head of "Doctor Nearby"
At the end of March 2022, Maria Kolomentseva was appointed General Director of the Doctor Nearby telemedicine service (part of the Veb Ventures portfolio). She replaced Denis Shvetsov, who has led the company since 2019. Shvetsov's new place of work has not been disclosed. Read more here.
2020
Fourth place in the ranking of the largest medical tech companies in Russia
In July 2021, Smart Ranking presented a rating of the largest medical tech companies in Russia. The second place at the end of 2020 was taken by the Doctor nearby. Read more here.
The doctor nearby increased the number of consultations four times
Doctors of the digital medical service Doctor nearby, part of the VEB Ventures portfolio, held 227.9 thousand consultations in 2020 - 293% more than in the pre-crisis 2019. Revenue increased by 21% year-on-year, to 684.4 million rubles.
60% of the company's revenue is sales in the field of bank insurance: telemedicine adds customer value to banking services. About 15% of revenue is the inclusion of telemedicine in VHI packages, which became especially important when all employees switched to remote work.
At the end of the year, the Doctor nearby became the leader among telemedicine services in terms of the number of consultations held. The key factor in the growth of demand for remote consultations was the self-isolation regime introduced in a pandemic, when citizens could not visit doctors due to the threat of COVID-19 infection. The federal program for the provision of free telemedicine consultations, which the Doctor nearby and ВЭБ.РФ launched in April, also contributed to the increase in the frequency of online visits to doctors.
Another growth factor was the introduction of telemedicine services into the compulsory medical insurance system in the regions. In 2020, the Doctor, together with regional administrations, launched the corresponding pilot projects in Tatarstan,, Kaluzhskaya,, and Sakhalin Ivanovskaya. Ulyanovsk From Nizhny Novgorod regions March 2021, residents of the Lipetsk region can receive free remote consultations.
The most popular specialists among the users of the Doctor service were therapists nearby. They accounted for 40% of appeals, primarily on issues related to coronavirus. Among specialists of a narrow profile, gynecologists (8%), pediatricians (7%), neurologists (6%), gastroenterologists (5%) and dermatologists (5%) were in demand.
Women sought remote consultations more often than men (76% versus 24%). In age terms, citizens aged 25 to 50 (71%) used the service more often than others. 16% of applicants are citizens over 50 years old and 13% are young people under 25 years old. Most of the applicants are residents of Moscow, Moscow Region, St. Petersburg, Leningrad Region, Sverdlovsk Region, Tatarstan and Bashkiria.
 | "2020 was a breakthrough year for the Doctor nearby and for telemedicine in general. Clinics that took advantage of our solutions were able to successfully transfer the work of doctors online during the lockdown. In 2021, we will not stop there. Teaming up with Doc +, which is superior to other players in terms of technology, will allow us to expand the product spectrum and offer the healthcare system and patients solutions that will make telemedicine even more accessible and effective. This is a chatbot for the initial collection of the history and routing of the patient to the doctor of the appropriate profile, and a system for monitoring the quality of medical records and assessing the correctness of the treatment prescribed by doctors to identify errors and unnecessary appointments, and other solutions. The second direction is the continuation of regional expansion in terms of the introduction of telemedicine into the compulsory medical insurance system, " says Denis Shvetsov, General Director of the digital service Doctor Nearby. |  |
Telemedicine became free in 6 regions
On September 23, 2020, Doctor Nearby announced the introduction of telemedicine services into the compulsory health insurance system in six regions. Pilot projects were launched in Tatarstan, Nizhny Novgorod, Ivanovo, Ulyanovsk and Sakhalin regions.
In Tatarstan, free remote consultations are available to residents of Kazan attached to city polyclinics No. 8 and No. 18. Within the framework of the project, GPs of partner polyclinics conduct an initial examination of patients and, if necessary, organize a second appointment with doctors of narrow specialties "Doctor Nearby" in the format of a medical telemedicine consultation.
In the Nizhny Novgorod region, residents served in the polyclinic at the city clinical hospital No. 40 of the Avtozavodsky district of Nizhny Novgorod were the first to access remote consultations with doctors. Patients can use telemedicine for repeated consultations, while the first meeting with a doctor remains face-to-face. The service is available to all patients of the clinic, including patients of dispensary groups.
In the Ulyanovsk region, patients can remotely receive repeated remote consultations of therapists and cardiologists of the city polyclinic No. 4, on the basis of which the project was launched.
In the Ivanovo region, the Doctor will take over the launch of remotely controlled rehabilitation together with the FSBUZ "Reshma Medical Center" FMBA: Russia for this, special simulators, computers with access Internet to and camera will be installed in patients at home. In addition, remote monitoring of a group of patients with chronic diseases will be organized in the Ivanovo region.
Remote consultations of therapists and doctors of narrow specialties are already available to residents of Sakhalin: cardiologists, urologists, orthopedic traumatologist, neurologists, endocrinologists, dentist-therapists, obstetrician-gynecologists, otorhinolaryngologists, allergist-immunologists, gastroenterologists, surgeons and ophthalmologists.[2]
Merge with Doc +
On August 27, 2020, telemedicine services Doctor Nearby and Doc + announced a merger. The companies explained this deal by their desire to develop medical services amid growing patient interest in remote doctor consultations due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. Read more here.
Creation of the company as a result of the merger of the Doctor Nearby and Niarmedic networks
In mid-July 2020, the Doctor Nearby and Niarmedic clinics completed the merger, which was announced a year earlier. As a result of the transaction, the shares of the combined company - United Company Niarmedic - Doctor Nearby LLC - were distributed between the shareholders of Doctor Nearby and Niarmedic in a ratio of 45% to 55%, respectively. Read more here.
Start providing remote medical advice on compulsory medical insurance
On July 16, 2020, it became known that remote medical consultations for the first time in Russia began to be provided under the compulsory health insurance policy. Telemedicine service "Doctor nearby" has become available to the owners of the compulsory medical insurance policy in the Kaluga region - this is about 1 million people.
For remote communication with a doctor, you need an account on the public services portal and registration on the website of the Doctor Nearby service. Consultations are held on the service website in video format, in chat and by phone. You can also make an online appointment using the regional portal регистратура40.рф.
You can get remote consultations from therapists and doctors of narrow specialties: cardiologists, urologists, orthopedic traumatologist, neurologists, endocrinologists, dentist-therapists, obstetrician-gynecologists, otorhinolaryngologists, allergist-immunologists, gastroenterologists, surgeons and ophthalmologists. Therapists work around the clock. To contact narrow-profile specialists, a preliminary record will be required.
| | The pandemic showed that the telemedicine service is in demand: the demand for remote consultations with doctors from the end of last year by July 2020 showed a multiple increase. Kaluga region is a leader in innovation, so the introduction of telemedicine assistance in the Russian compulsory medical insurance system began here. The company is considering the introduction of telemedicine in other regions, "said Denis Shvetsov, head of Doctor Nearby. | |
Payment for remote consultations of the telemedicine service takes place within the framework of the tariff agreement in the field of compulsory medical insurance in the Kaluga region. Telemedicine was included in the Government Guarantee Program in December 2017 for the planning period from 2018 to 2020. This made it possible to include remote consultations with doctors in the territorial compulsory medical insurance programs, the decision on this score is made by the regional authorities.[3]
Attracting 1 billion rubles of investments from the ВЭБ.РФ Fund
On May 13, 2020, it became known that the ВЭБ.РФ is investing 1 billion rubles in the development of clinics and the Doctor Nearby telemedicine platform. The money will be provided through the VEB Ventures structure set up by ВЭБ.РФ to support high-tech projects through direct trades and venture fund management.
VEB Ventures told Kommersant about investments in Doctor Nearby. They also clarified that the allocated funds will be used to develop new telemedicine solutions, increase the bandwidth of the online platform, promote, increase the number of clinics and equip them with equipment.
In addition, a special software will be developed in the telemedicine service, allowing "to build a new health care system based on digital technologies and high quality service."
According to a source close to the deal, in 2020 VEB Ventures will allocate 625 million rubles to Doctor Nearby, the remaining amount in 2021. At the second stage of the transaction, attracting third-party investors is being considered, the source said. He adds that the candidates have already been determined. What share VEB Ventures will receive in "Doctor Nearby" is not reported.[4]
According to Oleg Teplov, CEO of VEB Ventures, the average annual growth rate of the telemedicine market in the next five years may reach 116%, and the access of a wide range of patients to telemedicine platform services may become a key driver of market development.
| | Telemedicine technologies will help solve the key tasks of the Healthcare national project , including increasing the availability of medical care and eliminating the shortage of specialists, he said on May 13, 2020. | |
According to VEB Ventures, in 2019 the turnover of the Russian telemedicine market was 1.5 billion rubles, and from 2020 to 2025 the figure will grow by an average of 116%.
"Doctor Nearby" and ВЭБ.РФ launched a telemedicine project
On March 30, 2020, ВЭБ.РФ announced the launch of a federal project to provide free telemedicine assistance to residents of Russia. He earned on the basis of the infrastructure of the company "Doctor Nearby"
Remote consultation of a doctor can be obtained through a mobile application, website or by phone. For help to therapists and pediatricians, patients will be able to contact around the clock, and to doctors of narrow specialties - by appointment.
Moscow medical centers "Tigrenok," "Vitbiomed +," "Regionmedservice," "DOK +" and Sante Clinic will take part in the provision of telemedicine assistance. The project was also joined by the regional clinics "Medexpress" (Ryazan), "Favorite Doctor" and "Medis" (Perm), "Doctor" (Rostov-on-Don).
It is planned that clinics from St. Petersburg, Orenburg, Belgorod, Yekaterinburg, Krasnodar, Altai Territory and the Republic of Bashkortostan will join the project.
It is noted that free telemedicine will be available to Russians for at least a month with the possibility of extension, depending on the development of the epidemiological situation in the country. To access the service for free, you need to enter the VEBMED promo code.
| | For such a large-scale and significant project, we connect not only all our resources, but also the capabilities of our existing partners. As it is implemented, we will connect other networks of clinics - Moscow and regional. We see a wide response in the professional community, highly qualified doctors from various regions want to take on part of the most important work to ensure access to medicine for the widest range of patients, "said Denis Shvetsov, head of Doctor Nearby. | |
According to him, the company is ready to train doctors in technology and the specifics of online communication to meet the demand for telemedicine services.[5]
2018: First Clinical Diagnostic Center
In 2018, the first clinical and diagnostic center was included in the Doctor Nearby network of clinics.
Notes
- ↑ [1]Structural changes have taken place in the portfolio company VEB Ventures Doctor Nearby Holding
- ↑ Pilot projects for the introduction of telemedicine in compulsory medical insurance were launched in five more regions
- ↑ Telemedicine was included in the compulsory medical insurance in the Kaluga region
- ↑ Telemedicine injects investment
- ↑ ВЭБ.РФ and the Doctor nearby offer free telemedicine care to residents of Russia
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