Apollo Telemedicine Networking Foundation
India's pioneer in telemedicine since 1999 |
A registered not-for-profit u/s 25 of the Companies Act, 1956
India's pioneer in telemedicine since 1999 |
A registered not-for-profit u/s 25 of the Companies Act, 1956
Through turnkey solutions enabling primary, preventive, and promotive healthcare, ATNF has been impacting the health indicators of the communities that we work in
To provide benchmarked clinical advice and care to a wide cross-section of population, by bridging the gap between the doctor and the patient, using reliable and high-speed technology.
To reach a wide base of population using modern telehealth technologies in cost effective and convenient ways. Our goal encompasses providing accessibility to the remotest patient to reach expert medical practitioners, using state-of-the-art technologies, with an optimal economic outcome. We envision a healthier tomorrow, with quality healthcare accessible to all.
Apollo Telemedicine Networking Foundation (ATNF), is a not-for-profit Section 25 company incorporated under the Indian Companies Act, 1956, with 80G and 12AA registration. ATNF is a division of the Apollo Hospitals Group, which designs, develops and catalyzes sustainable technology-enabled community healthcare programs to address the existing challenges in the public health systems along with popularizing the concept and benefits of telemedicine. ATNF operates telemedicine centers in different locations across India with primary focus on bringing quality healthcare to far-flung and remote geographies. ATNF has partnered with state governments, corporate entities, PSUs and research institutions to curate projects.
In the last 20+ years, ATNF has played a major role in demonstrating thought leadership at local, national and international levels – in evangelising, promoting and advocating telemedicine. These include presentations, publications, academic activities, and developing sustainable business models.
These community healthcare models have inspired many new entrants, to what was once an unknown discipline. Cost-effective, appropriate need-based innovative, novel methods have been used, resulting in a positive impact at the community level. Close collaboration with the Government of India, and State Governments have resulted in PPP projects in the telehealth space.
A patient from a village called Depalpur in Madhya Pradesh accessing a neurology teleconsultation by a doctor in Apollo Hospitals – something she would have had to travel over 75 miles to access otherwise | ATNF / August 2022
Apollo Telemedicine Networking Foundation has also shared its expertise in education and healthcare through a Tele-education system to meet the demands of the medical fraternity across the globe, one such programme was Pan Africa e-Network project through the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India.
Currently, ATNF is handling multiple projects in Karnataka (Digital Dispensary), Odisha (Digital Dispensary & TeleOphthalmology), Madhya Pradesh (Digital Dispensary), Andhra Pradesh (Digital Dispensary), Uttar Pradesh (Mobile Medical Unit), Meghalaya (Cancer Screening program) and Gujarat (Digital Dispensary) for the tribal and rural communities
