Key Features and Functions in a Telemedicine App

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Telemedicine apps are now having a significant impact on the healthcare industry.

If we can see now, with each passing day, the telemedicine app is increasing and also gives extra benefits.

If we need to see the doctor but can’t find enough time, or sometimes we’re somewhere, it is difficult for us to travel. Telemedicine apps made all these things much easier like. If we want to consult the doctor, we can book the appointment and make a video call, and we don’t even have to step outside from our home or office.

Telemedicine has made these things much easier as we have to complete registration. After that, we tell them what’s the problem, and they will show us the appropriate verified list of doctors; we make an appointment with them and then video consultation then they redirect us to to the pharmacy or labs page if we want to buy the prescribed medicines or do the specified test.

Features of a Telemedicine

  • Clinical Document Generation
  • Telemedicine software automatically generates the records, appointment list, and transcripts as all the data is stored in the database. The prescription is provided to the patient by the doctor. Also, those prescriptions can be downloaded by the patient and the doctor when they want to. It also saves paper costs.

    These records will also be helpful and keep them as evidence for public health administration and for allowing future treatments to be data-backed.

    With telemedicine apps, it will become much easier to make reports; as we can integrate this with our database, we can automatically generate reports. And it also reduces the effort to manage every patient record.

  • Patient Medical History Management and Analysis
  • These applications and technologies don’t only provide an interface to consult a doctor or communicate with patients over the internet but also manage your data. From the patient’s medical history to his/her last prescription, all the data is kept safely and securely.

    This data is useful when we have to consult any other doctor, which will help them quickly assist us in giving effective treatment, as they will have proper records of our history.

    This feature has so many advantages and also makes the work easier for both doctors and patients. It will go a long way in assisting the doctors in making the best clinical decision, and also the patient will also receive the best clinical attention.

  • Easily Accessible and time-saving medical care
  • Medical records are easily accessible and available when doctors can take a critical decision fast and improve the entire procedure effectively.

    When the doctors are available 24/7 over the video call for the consultation, there is no time boundary. This enhances productivity.

After incorporating the above features, the overall cost to make a doctor on-demand app can be varied as all the above features are subject to requirements, technology stack & audience demand.

How Telemedicine software function

      Registration

    The patient or doctor registers his/her profile over this software. Then the patient can add symptoms to what he/she is facing, and also, while registering they can add here medical history.

      Advice

    The patient provides the symptoms and the problem they are facing, according to which the admin tells them to consult which doctor. This app finds convenient medical services for the patient.

      Appointment

    The app gives the advice to which doctor should consult according to the symptoms told by the patient. And then, the patient schedules an appointment with the doctor.

      Consultation over a video call

    When the appointment is scheduled, the doctor does a video consultation with the patient via the app. During this, the doctor understands the patient well, as the patient answers the questions and tells them about their symptoms and problems thoroughly.

      Payment

    After consulting the doctor, the patient finally pays it through online mode. This app will also generate the receipt and keep it as a record in their data.

      Redirection

    If the software provides the pharmacy and lab service, it will redirect you to that page if the patient needs further treatment.

Conclusion

So over this time, these telemedicine apps are increasing and making a significant impact on the Healthcare industry. These apps complete the doctor’s day-to-day tasks much more accessible, like clinical reports, all the things they generate automatically via the app.

The patient can also consult the doctor anytime and anywhere according to his/her schedule.

Juned Ghanchi
Juned Ghanchi is a co-founder and CMO at IndianAppDevelopers, innovative and empowers mobile application development company for small to big brand business houses.

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