Bharat in BetaMultidisciplinary pain-care centres
Source
- Endiya Partners, Evolution of pain management market in India (opens in a new tab)Integrated Care ModelsPublished: 11 Mar 2025
The idea
Coordinate specialist care, physiotherapy and psychological support.
Why this is interesting
- The source describes pain care in India as split across several kinds of practitioner, leaving patients to assemble their own pathway. A coordinated centre is a service-delivery model, and its viability depends on referral flows, clinician availability and whether patients can afford a plan that runs across several sessions.
- The source identifies an opportunity area rather than a validated customer problem. A useful first step is to choose one actor, workflow and measurable failure.
Possible starting points
Coordination before a facility
Test a care-coordination service that books, sequences and follows up across existing specialists and physiotherapists in one city before investing in a centre.
Shared plan for one patient group
Agree a shared care plan and handover format among a small clinical team for one referral route, and record whether patients complete the plan.
Questions to answer
- Who refers patients into a multidisciplinary programme today, and what would make them refer rather than treat alone?
- Can patients or insurers pay for a coordinated plan across several sessions, and how many patients finish one?