How Does Covid 19 Change the Healthcare Industry?

With the heavy influence of Covid-19, the whole world is suffering from difficult changes. At the same time, we can see rapid growth of the telehealth industry. Patients are encouraged to refrain from going out and in-person care services if the situation is not urgent. This aims to prevent the risk of contracting an infectious disease in the waiting room, hospital or on public transportation.Thereby, the need for online medical examination is becoming a global trend that any medical facility must not only pay attention to, but also plan to implement.

The Significant Rise in Virtual Care

Many providers have been hesitant about adopting new technology, because they are hesitant if telehealth service will be as beneficial as in-person service. However, many health facilities began to adopt telehealth during the pandemic, mainly thanks to the recent policy changes. Medicaid and Medicare providers will now be reimbursed at the same rate for virtual care as they would for in-person consultations. Besides, legislators are also looking for ways to expand access to broadband internet, therefore, more patients are able to reach these services, which creates a new channel for medical care providers.

The Benefits of Telehelath

In fact, healthcare mobile app development brings positive experiences for both patients and doctors in raising the quality of data management, and improving efficiency in practice. Let’s explore more about these benefits right below:

1. Improve Convenience

Thanks to virtual healthcare, patients can easily contact and schedule consultation with any doctor. They can buy medicines online, which saves time and is a safer alternative than going to the pharmacy. Patients also receive essential healthcare information and reminders via push notifications or automated text messages. Since all the medical data is stored online, patients can get access to their medical history and be easily and more accurately diagnosed anywhere in the world.

2. Make Better Clinical Decision

Through patients' data easily accessible on the cloud, doctors can identify symptoms, develop appropriate recommendations, update care plans, and maintain end-to-end service for each patient. Based on the digital health records, doctors have access to the patient's medical history and are able to provide better care.

3. Easy Payments & Bill Reduction

Payments can be made by medical billing apps, digital wallets, and bank transfers, all of which assist patients in creating medical payment plans with no need for a counter. In addition, some healthcare apps provide discounts for using their services in order to retain customers. 

4. Customer Satisfaction and Patients Engagement 

Telehealth has many benefits, but the most important are:

• Improving patient-doctor communication
• Automating scheduling
• Reminding patients about scheduled visits to ensure attendance, especially for follow-ups

All this helps increase patients’ commitment to prescribed treatment. Additionally, patients gain access to specialists regardless of geographical barriers. They don’t need to deal with the costs of commuting or taking leave from work for a doctor’s appointment, and don’t run the risk of contracting an infectious disease.

Conclusion

Given this list, it is not surprising that people are searching for healthcare providers that offer the cost effectiveness and convenience of telehealth. It has already had a major positive impact on the entire healthcare system, and is ready to make life a little bit easier for each patient.

Understanding the importance of tele-health in the modern healthcare industry, GKIM thus provides a fully customizable software package that can digitize all medical practices.

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