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The Healthcare industry had already been getting digital and online at its own pace, but with the upsurge of Coronavirus, the Digitization of the healthcare industry has put up the pace. Now there are apps for booking appointments to the doctors, prescribing medicine for various ailments, self-help healthcare apps, and much more. One of the best examples of a healthcare app is the Aarogya Setu App, Launched by the Govt. of India in an effort to curb the spread of Coronavirus.

Healthcare is a very big industry, and getting it online will help it reach the farthest of the places. According to a study, the Healthcare app industry stood over $25.39 billion in 2017 and has reached a whopping $58.6 billion industry in 2020.

The Healthcare app industry has been helping both doctors and users in various ways. In this article, we will have a look at the various benefits offered by the healthcare apps presently available.

Various benefits of using Healthcare Apps - 


1. Healthcare Apps are great for doctors and medical staff

Healthcare apps can be designed such that they can assist both the user and the doctor. Users can use the app to avail their prescription by the Doctor and Doctors on the other hand can use the app to look at the users' lab reports directly online, and hence provide them with a particular diagnosis for it.

According to a survey, 93% of doctors believe that healthcare can bring improvement to the patient’s health in one way or another. Another survey suggests that around 80% of them use mobile technology to provide their services to patients.


2. Providing healthcare services in remote places


A few years ago, People living in far-off places were devoid of basic medical services, leave alone diagnosis of some major disease. But all this has been changed with the coming up of mobile healthcare services. These services have been nothing less than a miracle for people living far off.

They can now get the best of the medical assistance they need just from their homes. They can consult doctors and even order the prescribed medicines online which can then be delivered to the nearest city or town and can collect it from there.

These apps can also be used to push important notification about the various health-related issues

 

3. Patients are the ones most benefitted

There are benefits of the healthcare apps for both the patients and the Doctor, but the patients are the one who gets the major piece of the pie. Patients can make appointments directly through the app, and not just the normal doctors, they can even ask for an appointment to an expert to get the best medical help they require. 

A user can choose from a list of doctors, which will include every detail about them. Not only this, they can even get a prescription and can get those prescribed medicines directly to their homes.

4. IoT and Healthcare Apps can do wonders together

IoT and Healthcare apps working hand-in-hand with each other is a scene from the future. This will make it possible for the doctors to have a real-time understanding of the metabolism of the patients. This understanding of the patient can greatly enable them to provide the best diagnosis of the patient’s disease. 

This technology is already in place but with very limited possibilities. Although, the technology has great potential and according to some predictions, it will touch the mark of $136.8 billion dollars by the end of 2021.

IoT greatly streamlines the whole process. They have access to all the info as advanced equipment is directly connected to the patient’s body.

5. Reduces the Risks of the Wrong Diagnosis

Just a few years ago, we heard a ton of situations where the patient's life was jeopardized because of a blunder in the diagnostic approach. But with the help of Healthcare apps, such blunders can be nullified as the doctor can directly avail the reports related to that patient on his phone without any error and can diagnose him for the same.

Since the specialists get an exact report of the patient's ailment, it assists them to recommend the most precise medication with the right dosage and composition. 

6. Easy Payment of Bills

Paying the medical bills wasn't that easy before the introduction of health care applications. You don't have to get in a line to pay your medical expenses; You can directly pay your medical expenses through a Healthcare app that will send you to a secure payment gateway, through which you can pay your bills.

There are many payment alternatives, for example, paying through debit card or Mastercard or through net banking. 

7. You Monitor Your Health Personally 

The healthcare app is rich in features that enable patients or individuals to screen their well-being on their own individual level. You can check the significant heath initials like estimating the weight, glucose level. Circulatory strain, heartbeat, cholesterol level, and so on to make an ideal move in the event that it increments or diminishes.

Wrapping the Discussion

The healthcare applications have become items of great importance since it has the ability to affect the lives of many individuals to a huge degree. The intricate errands can be executed easily and troublesome choices have gotten direct. Thus it is safe to safe that moving forward, Healthcare apps is going to help evolve medical services by large 

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