StayOnline Company, based in Rwanda, announced in a press release dated March 21, 2024, that it has partnered with UCrest Berhad, a leading provider of the most advanced Cloud Hospital and mobile health services, to digitalize the healthcare system by incorporating imedics Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) into the digital platform.
StayOnline is the top digital payment platform and business process outsourcing firm in Rwanda, Kenya, Uganda, and Zambia, serving merchants throughout Europe and Africa, processing tens of thousands of transactions per day for millions of users.
Both companies agree to integrate the payment gateways that are currently supporting millions of users into the iMedic digital health e-commerce platform, providing millions of users with easy access to medical service providers in Rwanda, Kenya, Uganda, Zambia and other countries.
Patients will not only have access to doctors in the countries, but also the renowned specialists in the United States, Europe, China, Singapore and other countries.
iMedic, a digital health platform developed by UCrest leads the market with its IOMT and AI empowering the patients to better manage their health and increasing the productivity of doctors and clinics through automation.
“With AI and IOMT technologies powering the healthcare services, it will significantly improve the efficacy of the patients, greatly improve the efficiency of the healthcare industry, and tremendously reduce the escalating healthcare costs,” said Desire Muhinyuza, CEO of StayOnline Ltd.
Additionally, this partnership will facilitate patients to have access to renowned specialists in the United States, Europe, China, Singapore, and other countries.
“This partnership with StayOnline Ltd, not only marks the beginning of the digital health era in Rwanda and Africa in general, with the use of AI and IoMT technologies in providing healthcare care services. The partnership is strategic and instrumental in elevating the healthcare service to the next level, with a high degree of automation and efficiency” stated Mr. Eg Kah Yee, CEO of UCrest.
The companies will also create the iMedic Centre of Excellence (iCOE) which will be a platform for research and development of AI and IOMT.
The ICOE will collaborate with universities, research institutions, startups, or any medical technology companies to accelerate the digitalization of the healthcare industry and economy of the country.
“The establishment of the Centre of Excellence for digital health will establish Rwanda as the hub for digital health of the continent and serve as the catalyst and springboard in evangelizing digital health to other countries in Africa, benefiting people in every corner of the continent,” said Yee.
"With iMedic, our users will be able to have access to the top-notch doctors from leading hospitals of the world including MD Anderson, Stanford University Hospital, Cleveland Clinic and Mayo Clinics in the US and General Hospital 301 and Union Hospital in China,” said Muhinyuza.
Additionally, patients can have health screening for eye diseases done at the clinics with the online ophthalmologist without having to visit an eye specialist.
AI technology, iMedic can detect glaucoma and Diabetic Retinopathy (DR) in addition to Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) that causes blindness in old age, and other blood vessel-related diseases, enabling early prevention and management.