Doctor discovery platform Practo has acquired its fourth company this year: Qikwell, a Bangalore based doctor discovery and booking platform, for an undisclosed amount. The latter will continue to be led by Krishna Prasad, co-founder and CEO, and Raghavendra Prasad, co-founder and CPO of Qikwell. The acquisition will allow Practo to get Qikwell’s technology to improve its consumer experience of hospital and clinic booking, with ‘contactless payment’. Practo will use Qikwell’s proprietary technology and algorithms to synchronise patients, doctors, office staff at the hospital to reduce average wait time by three times. The acquisition, Practo claims, makes it the world’s largest appointment booking platform, with 40 million managed appointments yearly. Qikwell was founded by Krishna Prasad and Raghavendra Prasad in 2011 and had over 100 employees. It claims to to have listed 250 hospitals including Manipal, Fortis and Narayana Hrudalaya…
