Today's story is about the ‘UPI of healthcare’, called Bharat Health Stack (BHS). BHS, which is still in the skunkworks phase, will be a network of doctors, clinics, and hospitals. With open APIs, any third-party can connect customers to the network. Just like UPI. #thread
BHS has an in-app doctor consultation network named Swasth, built by an alliance led by fitness startup -Cure.Fit.
Swasth is jostling with other telemed initiatives for prime real estate on Aarogya Setu.
Swasth is jostling with other telemed initiatives for prime real estate on Aarogya Setu.
BHS—and by extension, Swasth—is supported by the Action Covid Team (ACT), an alliance of over 50 VCs, 40 startups, and a few technocrats as well as philanthropists. The alliance is led by the founders of Cure-fit, Practo, and 1mg. 
Most of those in the BHS leadership—are also in the core group of Action Covid Team (ACT).
ACT gives out grants for pandemic related initiatives. BHS bagged a Rs 10 crore ($1.3 million) grant from the organisation.
Conflict of interest much?
ACT gives out grants for pandemic related initiatives. BHS bagged a Rs 10 crore ($1.3 million) grant from the organisation.
Conflict of interest much?
Seema and Arundhati, in today’s story, discover and analyse this sprawling set up. It is a must-read.
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