What Can Be the Future of Connected Care With Remote Patient Care

 

Introduction

Medical advances, or rather health care have certainly made a big leap.

You now have apps that simplify staying healthy so that you can go about your routine with full potential. Health data tracking, fitness coaching, health prediction, and trends – what more do you want.

You now have a system that combines sensors, an application, and a Bluetooth glucose meter to track and monitor your blood glucose levels. And then you have artificial intelligence that will predict your sugar levels over the next 24 hours.

You can even consult a diabetes counselor with questions in real-time. This system is only one among the many that are using IoT (Internet of Things) medical devices technology to create innovative treatments in the medical arena.

We are entering an exciting era that is fueling health care innovation.  Nanotechnology, robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) are making roadways into medical care.

Why Not Simulate Human Intelligence by Machines When It Can Improve Our Quality of Lives?

It would not be surprising if some of the innovations go flat. This is as to be expected, but many will surely end up as transformative. The public is not averse to technology. Nearly 80 percent of consumers surveyed in the United States agree technology is essential to maintaining health.

The List of Revolutionary Breakthroughs Seems Never-Ending

• High tech treatment is now enabling paralyzed people to walk. All you need to do is to insert an implant.
• Smart pills alert patients when they forget to take their prescribed medication. People forget either due to carelessness, absentmindedness, or fear of side effects. This kind of noncompliance is costing the medical health system in the United States anywhere between $100 billion to $300 billion a year by way of worsening health conditions, hospital visits, and stays.

The Role of Technology in This Pandemic

The Covid-19 pandemic has taken a toll on the public. They feel isolated, anxious and depressed. But there is good news, chiefly because technology is making mental healthcare more accessible for everyone.

An insightful aspect of connected care is that during this pandemic, care comes to the patients rather than the other way round.

Doctors and therapists have shifted to visiting patients by video or over the telephone. You may have misgivings about consultations via computer screen but mind you, this approach has removed reluctance people have from accessing mental care services.

But it is not just mental health. Virtual visits have entered routine medical care.

The advent of telemedicine into routine medical care promises to be transformative. People just need to use their existing devices in their homes and consult their doctors. The diagnosis is faster, the efficacy of care is enhanced and patients experience less stress.

No more waiting beyond the scheduled time and the convenience of being able to consult the doctor from the comfort of home is more than enough to make televisions popular.

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