“We've been incredibly impressed by the pace of Zocdoc's innovation and growth, as well as the company's invaluable contributions to improving America’s healthcare system - including supporting the needs of patients amid the Covid-19 pandemic,” Francisco Partners’ head of credit and structured solutions, Scott Eisenberg said. The new round of money from Francisco Partners will be used to invest in sales, marketing and product development, the company said. But soon after launching their online scheduling platform Zocdoc, Oliver Kharraz, Cyrus Massoumi and Nick Ganju ran into a classic chicken-and-egg problem: they had to show potential patients that doctors were available for bookings, while frantically convincing reluctant doctors to sign up. Moderna and Pfizer Covid-19 vaccines are already being given to millions of Americans and Johnson & Johnson expects its vaccine, once granted an emergency use authorization from the Food and Drug Administration, to alleviate supply issues in the second quarter.

Zocdoc is also talking with other cities and government health departments as vaccine supply improves and Americans scramble to seek their vaccination appointments. The new service, which is designed to help local and state governments as well as healthcare providers streamline the vaccination process has already been adopted by the city of Chicago. healthcare scheduling expertise” from its new “Zocdoc Vaccine scheduler,” the company said. Zocdoc is landing a flurry of new business by leveraging its “core technology and 13 years of.

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