Augmedix brands Bangladesh abroad: Palak
Augmedix brands Bangladesh abroad: Palak
DHAKA, Feb. 7 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladeshi outsourcing firm Augmedix will contribute to brand
country abroad; ICT State Minister Zunaid Ahmed Palak expressed hope. “Skype
represents the country, Estonia and Nokia fames Finland worldwide. Similarly, medical
start-up Augmedix will uphold Bangladesh with a new identity globally, “ Zunaid Ahmed
Palak said while addressing a media meet at Augmedix head office in capital’s
Panthapath on Tuesday night. Augmedix founder and Chief Executive Officer Ian Shakil
and USA-based investor firm Redmile Managing Director Gerard van Hamel Platerink
were, among others, present on the occasion. Organisers informed that the Redmile
Group has already invested $ 10s of million to a Bangladeshi medical scribing firm which
has been serving for physicians in US from its headquarter in Dhaka. Augmedix provides
a platform that enables doctors to wear Google Glass as they see patients, while remote
medical scribes fill out the electronic medical records in real time based on what they
hear and see from the visit. At present the company supports primary care physicians,
specialists and surgeons working in 40 states of USA. Redmile Managing Director
Gerard van Hamel Platerink came to Dhaka to observe the initiatives. Augmedix founder
and Chief Executive Officer Ian Shakil outlined innovation initiatives to use artificial
intelligence (AI) to train scribes faster and to supercharge scribe productivity while
offering more high value services onto the Augmedix platform. “The government posted
Augmedix to a status of software technology park where hundreds of engineers and
thousands of scribes are working with foreign physicians over connectivity,” He also said
Augmedix looks forward to the continued support from the government through their
LICT programme to assist in achieving our ambitions of creating sustainable middle-
income jobs and leading towards the goal of a “Digital Bangladesh 2021. Redmile
Managing Director Gerard van Hamel Platerink said that there are so much potential for
ongoing smart international investments to continue seek Bangladesh opportunities, at
Augmedix and beyond. Augmedix is the first and largest Google Glass company founded
by Bangladeshi-origin Ian Shakil in 2012 which previously raised more than $60 million
in venture funding to date. Press Release