Ayala healthcare unit invests in AIDE
Ayala Healthcare Holdings Inc. (AC Health), the healthcare arm of the Ayala Group, has expanded its health technology portfolio following its investment in AIDE.
AIDE is a home health application that provides health services in patients’ homes.
The move is in line with the company’s vision to improve access to affordable and quality healthcare services for more Filipinos, said AC Health president and CEO Paolo Borromeo.
AIDE, he said, is an excellent platform to connect patients with health providers.
“Aside from developing our
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“We think home health will be one of the next game changers,”he added.
Through the AIDE mobile app, patients can book doctors, nurses other medical professionals to render healthcare services in their homes.
Services include medical consultations, nursing care, physical therapy, caregiving, lab extraction and interpretation and even veterinary care.
AIDE was founded by siblings Paolo, Pamela and Patrick Bugayong who come from diverse backgrounds in finance, sales, and medicine, respectively.
“Our goal is to serve both patients and medical professionals. For patients, we offer convenient home health care booking, while for medical professionals, we are offering an innovate cost-effective avenue for their services. We aim to provide healthcare solutions amidst traffic and long lines, without needing brick and mortar,” said Paolo, CEO of AIDE.
Earlier this year, AC Health established its health technology arm called Vigos, which develops its own products, such as an Electronic Medical Records and Clinic Information System.
Last year, it also invested in an FDAlicensed online pharmacy, MedGrocer, which offers medicine delivery and corporate medicine benefits management.
“We believe AIDE is complementary to our other investments as it helps us extend our reach beyond our retail clinics and pharmacies. We hope to expand our health technology portfolio further because it is both an enabler and integrator of the healthcare ecosystem that we are building at AC Health,” said AC Health’s chief digital officer Christian Besler.
AC Health is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Ayala Corp. and serves as the portfolio company for healthcare businesses.