All medical business ideas are based on the improvement of existing methods of treatment, diagnosis; simplifying the lives of people in need of medical care.

To open a medical business, it is not necessary to have a specialized education and work experience in a specialty. But organizational skills, endurance, patience and initial capital (personal or attracted from outside) are required.

Selling drugs and syringes are far from the only (although not bad) ideas in this niche. We have prepared 10 interesting unbroken options for starting a business related to medicine. Examples of real implementation are given for each of them.

Medical business licensing

• Medical activities (with the exception of the organizations of the Skolkovo innovation center), as well as the production and maintenance of medical equipment are subject to compulsory licensing in accordance with Law No. 99-FZ dated May 04, 2011 "On licensing certain types of activities."
• Each type of activity is licensed separately.
• The licensing procedure is regulated by the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 291 dated April 16, 2012.
• Medical services can be provided both as an individual entrepreneur (if it is a private medical office and the entrepreneur has a specialized education and the necessary experience), or to establish a limited liability company.

Needless to say about the relevance ...

Medicine is aimed at maintaining and maintaining health - the most important resource in the life of any person. Services, as well as the production of medical equipment are always in demand. The total volume of the medical services market in Russia in the last decade shows a pronounced growth dynamics, see the graph in Fig. 1.

Rice. 1 Dynamics of demand for paid medical services in Russia
Source: RBC Market Research

So, since 2005, the total market volume in monetary terms has grown from 224.8 billion rubles. up to 671.5 billion rubles. (in 2015). Moreover, its legal segment also grew from 28% (in 2005) to 56.2% (in 2015).

Medical life hack: few people know that private clinics can be treated free of charge - under the compulsory health insurance policy, and not only under the voluntary health insurance program or paying out of pocket. Initially, you need to find out at the reception whether the clinic is working under compulsory medical insurance. If so, then you need to attach to it, and basic honey. services can be obtained free of charge. For example, to cure tooth decay or remove a bad tooth.

More than 400 organizations operate in Moscow under the CHI program. Whether a particular Moscow private clinic operates under the compulsory medical insurance program, you can find out on the website www.mgfoms.ru.

Medical business ideas with descriptions and examples of implementation

Health in a smartphone (mobile application)

The essence of the idea is to create a mobile application with which you can find a suitable doctor, consult, get recommendations, make an appointment, bypassing the registration desk and other bureaucratic obstacles.

At the end of 2016, Yandex took up the embodiment of such an idea. She launched an experimental version of the Yandex.Health mobile application. Using the program (by analogy with the "Gosuslugi" portal for state clinics), you can make an appointment with a paid clinic, get advice from a pediatrician or therapist.

The application allows you to communicate with the doctor via video link or chat. The first consultation costs 99 rubles, the next one costs 499 rubles. Of course, according to the law, through remote communication channels (without a personal appointment), a doctor cannot make an accurate diagnosis and prescribe medications, but he can name possible causes of ailment and give recommendations on how to take action before a visit to the clinic. The application also helps to determine which specialist should be contacted.

Watch the video interview with Grigory Bakunov, the head of Yandex.Health.

Development and production of diagnostic equipment

Medical equipment used to diagnose diseases is usually heavy, expensive, and cumbersome. The essence of the idea is to simplify the existing methods of making a medical diagnosis by developing and producing analogs to the existing equipment that are more convenient for both doctors and patients.

This idea was implemented by the Russian engineer Ilya Svirin. He invented a compact and convenient device for cardioanalysis - the ECG Dongle cardioflash instead of the bulky and inconvenient holter.

For reference: Holter is a device for continuous daily ECG monitoring, which the patient must wear for 24 hours. Holter is a box to which wires are connected. Attached to the body with special suction cups.

Ilya Svirin once felt unwell (a strange "throbbing" in the heart) and went to a medical institution, where he was diagnosed with Holter. This was the impetus that gave impetus to the engineering brain of Svirin. The halter is large and uncomfortable. This is how the idea of ​​developing a compact cardioflash came about.

The development took almost a year and 16 million rubles, 14 million of which were allocated by the Ministry of Education and Science in the form of a grant. So far, the device does not have certification, which means that, based on its testimony, the doctor has no right to diagnose and prescribe treatment, but Ilya plans to certify his invention.

The device is intended for those who monitor their health. The device is the size of a USB flash drive and weighs 9 g. It is attached to the body and connected to a smartphone. It takes from 0.5 to 10 minutes to analyze the work of the heart, the data is transferred to the cardio cloud. The main advantage of the invention is its compactness and ease of use.

The invention brought its creator a revenue of 60 million rubles in a year and a half and a contract in Africa.

Ilya Svirin says that health is something that is usually not saved on, which means that it is a good business niche.

Multidisciplinary medical center

The essence of the idea is the organization of a medical center, in which specialists of various profiles will work: urologist, gynecologist, therapist, cardiologist, ophthalmologist, ENT, surgeon.

As an example, let us take "Clinic No. 1" in Lublino, owned by a former military surgeon Muslim Muslimov. He became the owner of his own clinic at the age of 30. How it was?

Muslim worked in a military hospital and noticed that patients were willing to pay for medical services. The problem for many was not a lack of money, but a lack of time to wait in queues.

To find out how a private medical business works from the inside, Muslimov got a job at the current clinic as a deputy director, brought with him proven specialists. The secret to attracting patients is simple: organizing free health days, where clients could be convinced of the quality of the services provided.

A couple of months later, the owner of the clinic invited Muslim to share with him. He borrowed money from friends and bought out part of the business, and a year later the entire clinic. For businessmen planning to open their own business in the field of medicine, he recommends studying at the Department of Health Organization.

In addition to good doctors, you will need a full-time technician in case of equipment breakdown and proven licensing specialists, since the equipment of each office and the requirements for equipment have a lot of nuances.

Plasters and dressings

With the development of nanotechnology, sticky plasters, which are very painful to tear off the skin, constantly slipping dressings and bandages are gradually becoming a thing of the past. They are being replaced by modern means. The essence of the idea is in the production and / or sale of modern dressings.

The implementation of the idea in practice was carried out by a native of the Chemistry Department of Moscow State University, Ivan Afanasov. He invented the "Chitopran" wound healing plaster from a biopolymer for wounds and burns, which promotes rapid healing. But the main advantage of the patch is that it does not need to be removed: having done its job, it dissolves without a trace, leaving no traces.

For the production of Afanasov and his colleagues, they created the Napoli company, which at the start received 15 million rubles from the RVC venture investor as a seed investment and 5 million rubles from the Biotekpharm company. In the first six months, the company's turnover reached 500 thousand rubles.

Afanasov's plans are to supply all Russian hospitals with his invention instead of outdated materials - bandages and cotton wool.

Bite Correction Business

Metal or ceramic braces are used to correct the bite. The smile of a man with braces is not very attractive, to put it mildly. An alternative to this device is the increasingly popular aligners (mouth guards). They are not very noticeable in the mouth and can be removed during meals.

The essence of the idea is in the production and / or sale of aligners. The most interesting thing is that they can be printed on a 3D printer, taking into account the individual characteristics of the bite of each client.

Former bank clerk Vladimir Lutsenko tried to become a distributor of Align Technology Corporation, the leader of this market. However, he was refused. Then Lutsenko decided to organize his own production.

The first 3D printer was purchased by Vladimir for 120 thousand dollars, and special software was also required. Lutsenko opened his own clinic, after which he began to sell aligners to third-party clinics.

The profitability of the entrepreneur's business is about 60%, in 2015 the company received revenues of more than 26 million rubles, the profit amounted to 1.2 million rubles.

Now in Russia there are already more than five enterprises producing mouth guards. Experts consider this direction to be the future of orthodontics.

Perinatal center

Of course, financing such an idea is comparable to investing in opening your own bank. But, as the founder of the network of clinics for reproductive medicine "Mother and Child", the chief obstetrician of Moscow Mark Kurtser, assures, he did not invest his own money. The secret is that he is a master of his craft, and also knows how to make the necessary connections, attract the necessary investments. So it all depends on desire, experience and business acumen.

He has been engaged in medicine since his student days - even then he assisted in operations. At the age of 37, he became the chief physician of a large Moscow maternity hospital. His first business was the purchase of a small operating dental clinic, which he soon had to sell.

In the early 2000s, the construction of a perinatal center began, and in 2006 the first private maternity hospital in Moscow was opened. Now the network of clinics "Mother and Child" is one of the largest private medical companies in Russia.

Treatment for various addictions

The essence of the idea is to open a clinic, contacting which the patient can recover from addiction: alcoholic, nicotine, drug or other.

For example, a clinic for the treatment of Internet addiction was opened in Algeria. The fact is that the country has a high level of unemployment and many young people have become so dependent on the World Wide Web, especially on social networks, that it is difficult for them to be distracted even by sleeping, eating or going to the toilet.
The clinic uses methods of physiotherapy, music therapy, and provides psychological assistance.

And in Russia clinics for helping drug addicts and alcoholics are widespread. Among other services of such clinics: calling a narcologist at home, getting out of a binge, quick sobering up and others.

Private ultrasound office

Patients of state polyclinics are well aware of the situation when an ultrasound coupon has to wait for months. But for timely treatment, a quick diagnosis is required. A private ultrasound office can help in such a situation, paying for the procedure in which you can get the necessary diagnostics quickly, efficiently, at a convenient time.

We will tell you how to put this idea into practice using the example of a doctor - Irina Matveeva, who opened a private ultrasound diagnostics room in Naryan-Mar.

Irina dreamed of opening such an office for many years. In 2016, she applied for a grant competition. Her project turned out to be the most socially significant and economically justified. Irina won the competition and won a grant of 500 thousand rubles. It took 4 million rubles in total. The rest of the money was invested from the family budget.

Matveeva purchased an expert-class ultrasound machine, equipped an office, and received a license to operate.

Watch the video: Irina Matveeva talks about her ultrasound office.

Physiotherapy

The idea is to open honey. an office specializing in physiotherapy exercises (exercise therapy). You can learn to be an instructor and get an appropriate certificate in special courses. The cost of such training in Moscow is about 30-35 thousand rubles.

Alternatively, you can find a specialist who already has the appropriate certificate. Rent an office in a polyclinic, hospital, operating medical center.

Medical mediation

Among the vast amount of information provided on the Internet, press, advertising, it is difficult to find the right specialist or reliable clinic for medical care. The essence of medical mediation is to find and provide clients with information about where to seek medical help on a case-by-case basis. Including abroad.

Such mediation is widespread in medical tourism. Medical tourism is travel not only for the purpose of relaxation and experience, but also for the purpose of obtaining medical care.

There are intermediaries specializing in specific countries: Israel, Germany. There are those who provide services for the selection of clinics in accordance with certain diseases: cardiovascular, musculoskeletal, respiratory system.

Example: a similar service was organized by Roman Kononov. He founded the Recomed.ru service, with the help of which you can get recommendations on choosing a clinic or a specialist in 40 countries of the world. To do this, you need to fill out a form on the website. Moreover, clients do not pay anything for mediation, since the company concludes contracts directly with clinics.