Doctors bring a patient’s life back to normal by treating them of their illness. A patient under treatment visits his/her doctor for medical assistance and guidance. But ever since the pandemic happened, the doctor-patient relationship has changed drastically. This change has eliminated the need for a patient to physically visit the doctor.
The pandemic had us all confined to the four walls of your house and made us consult healthcare professionals online (virtually). But who would have thought that this will be possible or will be a necessity someday. The COVID-19 pandemic paved the way for Telehealth solutions to emerge as a savior and has helped patients and healthcare professionals efficiently.
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Healthcare professionals are rapidly adopting Telehealth technology and solutions to virtually diagnose and treat patients. This rapid adoption has also increased the need for new Telehealth trends and techniques. Here are top 5 fascinating tech trends in Telehealth.
IoMT – Internet of Medical Things
IoMT powered wearables and trackers are now a significant part of the Telehealth technology. These wearables and trackers provide detailed data of patient’s health. These clinical-grade wearables keep a check of your vitals and carry the potential to change your daily lifestyle and motivate you to live a healthy lifestyle.
AI, ML and Big Data
Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Big data have successfully proven to be the top enablers of advanced Telehealth trends and solutions. This trend is likely to grow in the future as its full potential is yet to be unleashed. Currently, these tech trends are helping with CT scan analysis, thermal screening, pandemic detection etc. And with Big Data it will be easier to track Telehealth statistics to come up with viable solutions to tackle new health crisis or adapt to new healthcare trends.
AR and VR
Virtually connecting and consulting your medical practioner is possible only with the help of AR/VR. Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality also play a very important role in the training of healthcare professionals. With AR/VR technology healthcare professionals can be trained for surgeries with real-life case visualization. This further makes way for Robotic surgeries with the help of AR technology.
Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM)
Though Telehealth is much broader concept and slightly different than Remote Patient Monitoring, RPM is still a part of Telehealth. RPM makes use of wearable technology and allows physicians and patients to connect and share information with each other. With Remote Patient Monitoring doctors can keep a close watch on their patient’s overall condition.
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EHR – Electronic Health Records
When everything shifts online it makes space for lots of data. Tracking a patient’s health with wearables or providing them telemedicine facilities comes with the need to store patient data. This is where Electronic Health Record (EHR) comes in handy. To use a patient’s data productively it is important to embed the EHR in Telehealth solutions. Integrating Telehealth solutions with EHR is not yet administered globally but a minority of hospitals have already started embedding Electronic Health Records.
Data security and losing patient’s sensitive information are still a matter of concern with EHRs but these data records are one amazing use of technology that make medical operations easier.