Book instant medical appointments with DoctorPage, as it launches with almost 12K doctors in database

Upping the competition in the business of connecting doctors to patients is DoctorPage.sg. Launching officially today in Singapore with already 11,500 doctors in its database, DoctorPage is a real-time online appointment-booking system where patients book instant appointments according to the type of doctor they want to see, their insurance type and location.

Combining European and Asian e-commerce experience

Somewhat similar to two-month old DocDoc, DoctorPage is founded and funded by a group of experienced entrepreneurs and investors from Europe. The founding team consists of Max and Daniel, both of whom worked together at deals site, DailyDeal in Berlin, which was acquired by Google in September 2011.

Founder and CEO Max-F. Scheichenost was co-founder of the Austrian offshoot of DailyDeal and is also Founder and Managing Partner of Alps Venture, an Austria-based investment company. He is now based in Singapore for DoctorPage. Apart from DailyDeal, Max’s co-founder and COO Daniel Endres has also chalked up execution experience by his working at the German incubator and cloning titan, Rocket Internet, at one of its furniture portal outfits, Home24 in Germany. (On a related note, the Singapore version of Home24 was shut down just a few weeks ago.)

Backing and funding these two men are four others who have much experience working on Germany’s largest social network and working on deals sites across Asia: Rebate Networks‘ founder and managing director Michael Brehm (he helped build up VZ Netzwerke, Germany’s largest social network with more than 15 million users, until its acquisition by Holtzbrinck in 2007 for around €85 million (USD125 million)); Rebate Networks’ CFO Thomas Baum; Rebate Networks’ VP Business Development Clemens Riedl (ex-CEO of VZ Netzwerke); and Markus Pichler, Founder and Managing partner of Alps Venture, and Co-Founder at DailyDeal, CEO of DailyDeal Austria and DailyDeal Switzerland.

Both a platform for patients as well as doctors to manage appointments

While “instant” and “real-time” are terms thrown around to emphasize the up-to-date nature of the schedule of doctors on DoctorPage, it doesn’t always mean that only patients who need a doctor urgently that day are the target. If you want an appointment two or five days in advance, this is also for you. The site allows patients to find any medical or dental service (including private doctors, healthcare centers and clinics) in the city state.

Patients can check reviews and feedback from other patients and access a calendar with available appointment slots and select the date and time which are the best for them:

The platform also wants to make it easy for doctors to schedule their upcoming appointments, view patient feedback and number of times their profiles appeared in search results. Great for tracking the number of times one appears as an option for potential patients versus actual bookings made: