“As Egyptians, most of us either have no idea about our medical records and our diagnosis, or our data is lost because of countless prescriptions and lab reports,” says Sherif Baroudy, Founder and CEO of Doxx. Driven by a passion to prioritize Egyptian patients’ needs, in October 2021, Baroudy established Doxx as a “one-stop-shop” for medical care. A patient-centric mobile application, Doxx offers a wide range of services to its users. These include home nursing, at-home doctors’ visits, in-clinic visits, and telehealth consultation, as well as scheduling lab tests and x-rays, and ordering medication to be delivered to one’s doorstep. Once a user downloads the application, they are requested to register and fill in their medical profile. This medical profile would then include all their medical records, from prescriptions to lab tests and scans, all on a single platform. In Egypt, most people do not realize the importance of regular checkups or knowing their medical records or even having them. To add to that, many are accustomed to only taking a doctor’s appointment when they begin to feel pain, or worse, when the pain becomes unbearable. Between endless prescriptions and…
