Mr Satish Singh, Founder of MY LYF CARE
The healthcare sector has seen tremendous change due to technological progress and intervention. Over the past few years, we can comprehend the part mobile app advancement has performed in the evolution of the healthcare sector. The COVID-19 pandemic shook healthcare departments across the globe, allowing the healthcare-mobile apps to pave their way towards immense growth during such a crisis, improving the understanding of the health industry amongst the general public.
One positive outcome of the Covid crisis is the digitization strategy for diverse industries. With digitization, the healthcare industry has enhanced its patient-centred methods and have maintained patients’ well-being while implementing a smooth user experience over mobile app solutions. The advancement in healthcare apps performed an essential role in enabling patients with prompt information. Whether it was shopping for medical goods, locating equipped doctors or looking for alternative clarifications, these apps helped people across the globe.
With the aid of healthcare apps, people could find a doctor, schedule an appointment, make payments and view all their medical test records from the comfort of their home. During the global crisis, people video-called their doctors and nutritionists to treat health issues virtually. People found the ease by which lifestyle apps and health monitoring apps kept tabs on their health reassuring. Remote consultations and easier access to healthcare providers gave multiple people access to the correct diagnosis and course of treatment. All these were possible due to the advancement of the rapid digitalization of the healthcare sector.
Mobile apps did not solely aid the patients but also allowed doctors and healthcare providers a single space to collect and store private health data in a remotely accessible, simple to understand method. Patients can now directly submit their insurance information and other medical records to mobile apps. Virtual access to patients records gives access to all the different healthcare providers a patient needs. It also helps healthcare professionals to minimize mistakes in the paperwork submitted. Since more healthcare providers offer virtual consultations, doctors across the globe could reach out to each other and consult, learn and enhance their skills and knowledge to help them provide better care for their patients.
Healthcare is a basic human right and in the end, there will be a more democratic global healthcare system that ensures that people receive quality and consistent access to it. World needs compassion in these hard times from a profit generation market, health tech has allowed them to use telehealth as a convenient medium to track and improve their lives.
