Chinese startup aims to be "Amazon of health care"

By Emily Payne | July 03, 2018 at 11:29 AM

WeDoctor joins a growing contingent of tech giants hoping to revolutionize the health care industry.

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WeDoctor by the numbers

Valued at $5.5 billion
160 million registered users
27 million active monthly users
Connects 2,700 hospitals and 240,000 doctors
Licenses to operate 10 online hospitals
Revenue of 1.2 billion yuan in 2016

Cutting out the middlemen

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