Better access to healthcare for Indonesians as Pilihdokter gets funding from RingMD

PilihDokter (which can also be accessed by via dokter.id), an Indonesian healthcare information portal, announced today that it received an undisclosed round of funding from Singapore-based healthtech firm RingMD.

PilihDokter did not share specifics about the deal, but said that the round was a seven-figure US dollar amount. Prior to this, PilihDokter had not received any outside investment since its December 2013 launch.

RingMD operates in five countries across Southeast Asia and the US . In 2013, The firm grabbed headlines when the Singaporean government invested US$500,000 to fund the startup which helped users get improved access to high-quality physicians in Asia.

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While RingMD focuses on connecting patients with the best doctors, PilihDokter allows users to get information about a wide range of health conditions, medical services, information about physicians, and other tools like symptom checkers. RingMD plans to work closely with the staff of PilihDokter to promote adoption of its “telehealth” platform throughout Indonesia.

“We will have access to RingMD’s roster of doctors and specialists from six different countries, which benefits patients in Indonesia,” says Grace Tahir, co-founder of PilihDokter. “We can immediately adopt this technology to be widely used in Indonesia, thus saving time and costs in terms of developing the technology ourselves.”

What is more, the two companies are set to fuse completely, according to the statement, as PilihDokter will soon be rebranded as RingMD Indonesia. Jakarta will be RingMD Indonesia’s base of operations and the company anticipates launching a localized version by the end of March.