Tuesday 14 April 2015

MOBILE HEALTH AND GROWING EFFICIENCY



If you are thinking that the benefit of mobile applications was only for patient, you are wrong. The impact of mobile connectivity is on the entire healthcare industry, bringing ample efficiency to each parties of the value chain. These applications have been beneficial to healthcare professionals in several ways like enhancing connectivity, tracking reports, appointment reminders, and make big data calculations.

Now that you have got a brief idea on the importance of the usability, let’s take look on the efficiency result. What about the overall impact of applications on the industry? Or, how good is it? Before you get baffled with all the dilemmas, let’s have a very surface note on the areas where mobile health applications has brought all round efficiency to the entire industry.

The Deloitte Center for Health Solutions 2013 Survey of U.S. Physicians found that most doctors believe that meaningful adoption of mobile health technology can improve the efficiency of clinical practice. Now, any patient would be more likely in contact with the doctor, at the occurrence of the symptoms, which would increase the efficiency of care coordination.

If you have the healthcare applications, you would always stay updated to your medical records. You will know the where’s and how’s of every phase, which will in turn reduce the chances of mishaps and medical frauds. During this process, the customers and the patients become significant stakeholders of the application. By this, the application increases efficiency on the part of the patients. Remember the days when you dreaded the visit to the doctor? Today, with these applications, you can reach to your doctors within several convenient communication routes. Even if you fail to reach one, there are pretty healthy chances, that you will find assistance from someone else. This increased interaction helps lead improved health.

When an application is linked to a medical tool, the instant result is creation of more patient data. This data when analyzed and understood is guaranteed to lead to more accurate predictions in the healthcare industry.

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