Future of Telemedicine Services in India | MedTel Healthcare

Virtual Care to Augment Traditional In-person Care

A study by EY has stated that India’s healthcare industry must transition from in-person doctor-patient interaction to remote consultations. It found that 64 percent of consumers were keen to adopt teleconsultation even after COVID-19 while around 80 percent of doctors were being consulted via audio/video and text. The study further found that 15 to 20 percent of healthcare is pegged to shift to virtual care. This includes consultations, home health, and remote patient monitoring, among others.

Patient Privacy to Be the Need of the Hour

Technology has transformed healthcare post-COVID-19, but it has thrown up several concerns. The key among them is patient privacy. While healthcare providers perform remote consultations and treatments, there is a crucial need to safeguard patient privacy and security. Customer expectations will drive this demand which in turn will help build patient confidence.

Integrated Ecosystem to Drive Adoption of Telemedicine

Data-driven technologies are leading to digitization and automation in healthcare, but integrated ecosystems will continue to drive healthcare value. Proper communication between stakeholders like patients, healthcare providers, and payers can increase preventive health services, reduce medical errors and improve care delivery overall. Integrated ecosystems can also improve administrative efficiency. By sharing data, the quality of that same data can be improved which is key to reducing manual processing.

Home to Become a Health Hub

Virtual care enables patients to find treatments for a range of conditions by matching patients with the right care providers. As such, homes will become the next health hubs across demographics. Millennials and Gen Z, in particular, will take to this transition well as they are tech-savvy. Of course, technology will need to be accessible to everyone, especially those in remote areas, for this to work.

Features of Telemedicine

There are three main types of telemedicine services used. However, they can be further diversified based on their functions.



  • Remote Patient Monitoring or RPM

RPM is a revolutionary solution for patients to consult doctors and medical practitioners from the comfort of their homes. It relies on virtual interactions between the two, thereby saving massive amounts of time and money on personal visits. With Remote Patient Monitoring, doctors and medical practitioners can observe vital information such as heart rate, blood pressure, etc. using wearable gadgets that transmit readings via telemedicine software. They can provide an effective consultation based on the reading.

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