WHO’s tagline for this year’s World Immunization Week is Know, Check and Protect. Staying in line with that, we’re including a Immunization Schedule from the IAP (Indian Academy of Pediatrics) to know what shots your kids need, check if they’ve had them, and protect them by getting them vaccinated. [Click on the image to view …
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World Immunization Week – Part 1
The World Health Organization (WHO) has designated April 24-30 as World Immunization Week to raise awareness about the role immunisation plays in our future well being. We at Practo wanted to say that it is incredibly important to make sure that the children around you have been vaccinated. They need all the help they can …
The Tooth Thief: A fun e-book for children to learn about oral health
On occasion of World Oral Health Day today (20th March), the World Dental Federation (FDI) has released an e-book to educate children about keeping their teeth healthy. This fun e-book can be downloaded free of cost from the link provided below. Here is a synopsis of the book: ‘The Tooth Thief’ is an illustrated children’s …
The doctors who got lucky – Samsung Tablet Lucky Draw Contest Winners
Remember we promised to play Santa at Christmas? And it looks like the lucky doctors are happy with what Santa had in-store for them 😉 This January, four doctors sport shiny new Samsung Tablets at their clinics. It actually was fantastic for us too because we got 40% more subscriptions. Which goes to show that: …
A picture could get you four times the appointments
A picture speaks a thousand words. Internet psychologist Graham Jones says, “ it seems from recent research that profile pictures are relatively unique in being more important than the words.” This is exactly why we’re harping on the importance of updating your profile on Practo. It’s not just about your name and your address. Our …
We have started Upgrades for Practo Ray v6!
“Fabulous”, “Awesome”, “Comprehensive” – these were some of the words used by our customers who were thrilled with the Practo Ray v6 demo release last week! Yes! the response that we have received so far has been nothing short of amazing! So, building up on that encouragement, starting today, we will begin making Practo Ray …
Practo Ray v6 Demos are now Available!
The past few weeks we have been working really hard on making Practo Ray v6 available to users and everyone else who have been waiting for it. Practo Ray v6 demos are now available to all Ray users, marking the first step taken towards its release. All existing users will be able to see the …
‘Going Digital’- the need of the hour for Doctors!
Newspapers have been abuzz since morning with Hurricane Sandy disrupting life in East coast of US. Bangalore has also been experiencing chilly evenings with heavy downpours. And in a recent news article online, the Met Department has confirmed that the depression over the Bay of Bengal has intensified into a cyclone that will hit land …
Has your practice moved ONLINE?
“Online? I don’t have time for that!”- A common response given by most doctors when we talk to them about going online. Most doctors to a great extent consider the web to be a place where people book a movie ticket or go online on Facebook and write about what they had for dinner. Actually …
Dental Tourism: “Web Infrastructure is Key” – from the experts!
Web Infrastructure – the way forward for Dental Tourism There is a growing trend in Dental Tourism in India – recently the Forbes published an article around the same issue, with great facts & figures, but what should you do as a Dentist to become better at attracting more patients and catering to more and …