GetHealthAccess.com | ‘Getting healthcare should be as simple as buying load’, says new KonsultaMD CEO | “Getting healthcare should be as straightforward as purchasing a prepaid load. Cholo Tagaysay, KonsultaMD’s newly-appointed Chief Executive Officer, anticipates it being available to everyone, everywhere, at all times.
Recognizing the challenges of acquiring affordable healthcare in the Philippines, Tagaysay is advocating for the consumerization of health services, which would allow even the poorest residents to see doctors for a fraction of the cost of a session.
Tagaysay was the Chief Operating Officer of KonsultaMD for less than a year before being named CEO. He has over 15 years of expertise in the technology industry, including managing markets in the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Bangladesh, and Singapore. Over the previous 19 years, he has also worked for Globe.
He emphasized that healthcare should be made as affordable, accessible, and omnipresent as feasible. One example is its collaboration with Huawei, which allows clients to communicate with their doctors via their Huawei Vision S TV.
People are reluctant to leave their houses, and hospitals are overcrowded, therefore telemedicine adoption has risen in the last year. During the global health crisis, KonsultaMD became a key assistance to the country’s healthcare system, with consultations increasing by 461 percent in 2020 compared to 2019. Consultations had already increased by 188 percent since the beginning of the year in May.
“Every month, we set new all-time highs. To keep up with the demand, we’re actually hiring new doctors every day,” Tagaysay said.
General medical, family medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics, rehabilitation medicine, mental health support (counseling and psychotherapy), psychiatry, dermatology, ophthalmology, dentistry, ENT, and surgery are all available as consultations through the app. It also offers digital health consultation records management and the provision of medical papers like e-prescriptions, e-laboratory requests, e-referrals, and e-medical certificates.
KonsultaMD is already available through ECPay in over 25,000 retail locations across the country, as well as online through Lazada, Shopee, and Kumu. It’s also running a countrywide promotion with 7-Eleven. The service is included in Globe Rewards and is packaged with Globe At Home and Globe Postpaid plans. It’s also offered through load-selling networks like Telepreneur and Load Manna, and it’s bundled with Pocari and Aetrex.
It has good links with Grab, Tiktok, Zalora, Metrobank, Philam Life Rewards, Podcast Network Asia, and Mental Health Matters by Kylie Verzosa in terms of partnerships. It is offered through its sales agency partners in Metro Manila, Bicol, Pampanga, and Lucena.
917Ventures, the country’s largest corporate venture builder, is completely owned by Globe, and KonsultaMD is a portfolio firm. It is a healthtech service that provides unrestricted access to licensed doctors by phone or video call 24 hours a day, seven days a week for as little as P60 per month. It is also the Philippines’ leading healthtech firm, with the number one health and fitness app on both Google Play and the App Store.
Globe supports the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, particularly UN SDG #3, which aims to secure healthy lifestyles and promote well-being for all people of all ages. Globe is dedicated to supporting the ten principles of the United Nations Global Compact as well as the ten UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Visit https://www.konsulta.md/ to learn more about KonsultaMD.
