Evitalz

Evitalz is a digital healthcare start-up in Chennai, India, whose formal name is Evitalz Information Management Pvt Ltd. It builds a telemedicine kit that lets people without medical training record a patient's vital signs and send them to a doctor. The company says its team has more than thirty years of combined experience in wireless and satellite communications and IT.

What Evitalz offers

• Telemedicine kit — wireless vital-signs devices paired with VitalLink software on an Android tablet.
• Video and chat consultations — secure video calls and text chat between patient and doctor.
• Cloud records — a secure cloud-based electronic medical record service for physicians.
• Maritime and aviation health — telehealth for medical emergencies and crew wellness at sea and in the air.
• Rural health — clinic set-ups and screening for non-communicable diseases in villages.

Who it works with

The company aims at airlines, the shipping industry, public health services and corporates. It states that users need only a short period of training.

Key facts

• Based in: Chennai, India
• Rural project: a telemedicine clinic in a village in Tiruvallur district, Tamil Nadu