MedTel Healthcare

In recent times, technology has successfully been leveraged to build solutions to solve healthcare disparities sustainably. It is a very exciting time to observe and enable the transition of health-tech, from a latent initial adoption phase to a phase where its potential is fully recognized. One such domain, where such a shift is already preempted, is maternity care! Home care and  Remote Monitoring Healthcare  strategies are being considered as sustainable ways to synergize with the traditional  healthcare system . This shift started with a greater awareness of the limited utility of the unstructured patient data that currently exists in the healthcare system and is accelerated by the need for remote care that was felt during the pandemic. Resource URL:-  https://medtel.io/technology-transforming-maternity-care/

  Better connectivity is facilitating hospitals to influence new technologies, enhance clinical results, and drive physician and patient satisfaction. In today’s time, people are living with complex health conditions. However, medicines are costing thousands of dollars or even more. Some of the developed nations are carrying nearly 40% more surgical interference now than a decade ago. From big hospitals and health care units to small groups of physicians, there has been a huge surge in connected healthcare systems. Technology has crept into healthcare systems in a big way. Connected healthcare is transforming the way we perceive wellbeing and healthcare. Visit a doctor or a hospital appointment happens only when the need arises. So, maybe when you are under the weather, you might visit a doctor. However, everything has gone for a major metamorphosis. Sensors, wearable’s, IoT, and smart systems are taking care of our health in a way we have never thought about. Mentioned below are s...

  Each year, technology gets smarter. Devices are able to perform, monitor, and maintain an increasingly wider pool of tasks, giving us – humans – the time to focus on core responsibilities. Nowhere is this more evident than in the healthcare sector. Smart health technologies are quickly being developed to aid in patient care and improve outcomes. These technologies include the use of wearable, built-in, and mobile sensors that continuously monitor patients for diagnoses and treatments. Why This Boom? Back in 2019, activity trackers occupied the largest share of the wearable healthcare devices market, thanks to the affordability of these trackers, sedentary lifestyles and lifestyle diseases, and a sizable number of tracker manufacturers. According to reports, the wearable  healthcare devices  market, which was worth USD 18.4 billion in 2020, is estimated to reach USD 46.6 billion in the year 2025. Adopting mobile platforms, AI, and 5G as well as an awareness of home healt...

  Covid-19 has changed everyone’s life drastically. Numerous systems and platforms have been affected by this and one of the most affected industries is the healthcare industry. The exceptional circumstances of the pandemic served as the great push towards  Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM)  and Telehealth. Now, these are considered as the new normal. Many insurance companies, as well as the healthcare systems, are very much prone to this reality. Hence, they are opting to invest in different forms of telehealth technology, like RPM and virtual healthcare. The advancement in these technologies has resolved several issues faced by the health industry, thereby enabling the providers to give the best care to the patients at a significantly low budget. Presently, remote healthcare is the new normal. The insurance companies are catching up with the reality and most of them are investing in different forms of telehealth technology and Remote Patient Monitoring. Whatever issues th...

  Doctales provides testing and teleconsultations in remote areas and villages by sending minivans to these locations, with devices that are needed for testing and a doctor available for teleconsultations. They constantly stream the doctor's video and aim to replicate an in-clinic experience for patients in an online teleconsultation setting. They plan on connecting a doctor to every village so that patients receive healthcare that is easily accessible and the doctor-patient relationship is maintained. Delivering quality healthcare in remote areas! Devices such as Body Composition analyzer, hemoglobinometer, lipid profile analyzer, HbA1C Analyzer, Spirometer, Otoscope, etc. can be connected to the MedTel app, through which the data is captured and updated at the doctor’s end. Based on the previous data and current vital reading trends of the patient, the doctor gets aggregated data through which they can arrive at conclusions to improve patient health. Also, the teleconsultations h...

  Our collaboration with eHealth System brings large-scale population health screening for public health systems. With this, we collect, gather, analyze a large pool of data of patients and provide epidemiological insights and analytics to policymakers, administrators, and program managers! Wi Point of care devices for regular screening! Health screening is conducted through paramedics in Primary Health Centers, Community Health centers and Sub-centers through IoT-enabled devices that are connected to our smartphone app, which helps them collect a large amount of patient data. With their high accuracy and ease of use, these are easily deployable in remote and rural areas for large-scale testing. Population data analysis for data-backed decision-making! Once an abnormality is identified, the patient and their abnormality is flagged. At an individual level, this allows quick identification of patients who have any illness and are connected to a doctor immediately. When this populatio...

The past decade has seen rapid advances in the digitization of healthcare. Emerging technologies have accelerated drug development and care delivery. COVID-19 has only expedited this as care providers switch care delivery models and researchers turn to virtual clinical trials. One constant that has been at the center of these trends is   remote patient monitoring   (RPM). Yet, for all its benefits,   remote patient monitoring   has not been fully embraced. There are misconceptions about its effectiveness, cost, and security. Here are 7 of the most common – and why they’re unfounded. Misconception: It’s Expensive To the uninitiated,  remote patient monitoring  can seem expensive. Wearable devices,  telehealth software , tech training, etc. can appear to warrant high cost. However, this is a myth as RPM can drive down healthcare costs in the following ways: It eliminates unnecessary visits: With care providers being able to monitor patient health from af...

  With the world gripped in the clutches of COVID-19, countries have been compelled to reassess their healthcare infrastructures. Even those that lead the world in healthcare are grappling with a crisis that has had numerous ramifications for society and the economy. The increasing cases in this COVID-19 pandemic have caused several patients, especially those suffering from chronic illnesses, to avoid seeking care. While many healthcare workers shut down and pooled their resources to fight the pandemic, others have a list of canceled appointments from the fear of the virus. Remote Patient Monitoring  or RPM saw a steady rise due to these unfortunate circumstances. In India, the rise of innovative startups creating products that use disruptive technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI) is enabling more patients to be remotely monitored at home. According to a report by Reportlinker.com – The global  Remote Patient Monitoring  market is expected to hit $117.1 billi...

Pregnant women, wish to routinely be updated and reassured about their health and their child’s health to feel more involved and safe during their pregnancy. But, they often feel a sense of disconnect with their doctors and find themselves anxious and confused because of the lack of reliable information and resources. We, in collaboration with preggerz, aim to help them monitor and learn about their pregnancy themselves and connect them to their doctors so that they can feel more empowered and reassured. Empowering mothers to take charge of their pregnancy! Pregnant women are given a device kit, containing a Glucometer, Blood Pressure Monitor, Body Analyzer, Hemoglobinometer, Fetal Heart Monitor, and also given a smartphone app. These devices can be connected to the app via Bluetooth and readings are transferred, analyzed and insights are displayed to the doctor and the patient. Along with this, there are regular nudges to help the lady follow her schedules for testing, consultations, ...