Center for Health Market Innovations (CHMI)

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Saútil

last updated May 13, 2013

Overview

Legal Status: 
Private (for-profit)
Year Launched: 
2011
Stage: 
Pilot/startup stage
Income Level of Target Population: 
All income levels

Funding

Funders: 
Founders Capital

Scale

Personnel Employed: 
<10
Number of Clients Served: 
80,000 accesses per month (as of May 2012)
Other Measures of Scale: 
More than 3,000 users registered in My Saútil
Summary: 

Saútil is a public website that allows Brazilians to find resources offered by the Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS-The Brazilian public health insurance). The organization was founded by partners Fernando Fernandes and Edgard Morato.

Program goals/rationale: 

Brazil has a population of over 190 milion people, 145 million of those do not have private health insurance. In Brazil, there is a universal public health system, but most of people are unaware of their rights and don't know how to access it. They also don't know that many resources available for free in the public health system or how to find them. People face huge out-of-pocket expenses, with the low income classes facing the biggest challenges.

Key program components: 

Sautil allows users to obtain free and current information on how and where to collect medications, where to find physicians, hospitals, ambulatory and emergency services, exams, and vaccinations, among others.

The website content was created to advise the public on how to utilize and be better served by public healthcare services. All addresses, information and procedures are consolidated in one site, so the data is delivered efficiently.

The website is in Beta mode, and currently covers primarily the city of São Paulo. The plan is to expand into other cities as early as possible.

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