{"id":4957,"date":"2020-11-12T09:18:37","date_gmt":"2020-11-12T09:18:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/primex.iamdhaval.com\/?p=4957"},"modified":"2020-11-12T09:18:37","modified_gmt":"2020-11-12T09:18:37","slug":"the-future-of-healthcare-is-telehealth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianbusinessline.com\/index.php\/2020\/11\/12\/the-future-of-healthcare-is-telehealth\/","title":{"rendered":"The Future of HealthCare is Telehealth"},"content":{"rendered":"

Prayagraj, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh [India] : <\/strong>It\u2019s safe to say that healthcare has been radically transformed by technology over the last few decades and one of the most important developments has been that of telehealth \u2013 the ability to access top quality healthcare remotely without needing to be in physical proximity of the medical professional giving advice.\u00a0 The basic idea is that patients are connected directly to doctors via video call from the comfort of their own home \u2013 taking advantage of the communication technology that we\u2019ve seen connect the whole world.\u00a0 Telehealth promises to democratize care by bringing the best of the best into your home no matter where you happen to be in the world.<\/p>\n

There are a range of applications where telehealth has been found to be particularly valuable including behavioural health services, chronic disease management and professional consultations \u2013 all of which are made much more efficient through remote consultations as opposed to being there in person.\u00a0 In India, for example, there are hundreds of smaller cities in more remote areas where inhabitants simply don\u2019t have access to certain medical specializations or even to routine medical care \u2013 purely because of where they live.\u00a0 And it\u2019s not unique to India \u2013 we hear these stories from all around the world.\u00a0 Medical care is not readily available, it\u2019s not fully distributed.\u00a0 This is a problem that telehealth can fix.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve heard plenty of these stories here at Sprint Medical <\/a>We once received a call from a father living in Bhadoi, a small town with limited access to medical care, and he told us about his daughter who had been suffering from chronic kidney disease for 8 years by then.\u00a0 He was desperate to find a good doctor but after having exhausted all his options in their hometown, he was a bit despondent because it seemed that the care he was looking for just didn\u2019t exist where he was.\u00a0 Using our telehealth platform, we were able to connect him with a top nephrologist in Canada by the name of Dr Shobhana who was able to provide world-class care at a very reasonable rate\u00a0 from halfway across the world.\u00a0 This changed everything for the patient as, all of a sudden, they realised that the medical care they so desperately sought was just a phone call away.\u00a0 Their location didn\u2019t matter.This is the power of this technology.\u00a0 It levels the playing field and brings cutting-edge medical care to anyone, anywhere in the world \u2013 so that you don\u2019t have to suffer just because of where you happen to be located.<\/p>\n

Beyond location, telehealth also tends to lower the cost of medical care because doctors don\u2019t have to cover all the overheads associated with running a physical practice.\u00a0 The service is stripped down to only what really matters and those cost savings are passed on to the patients who so desperately need it.\u00a0 Previously, it would have been unheard to suggest that a patient in a Tier 3 city in India could afford medical advice from a leading doctor in North America, but the innovation in telehealth makes that possible.\u00a0 By removing all the costs in the middle of the process and simply connecting the doctor to the patient directly \u2013 the costs become much more reasonable.\u00a0 It really does promise to open up this industry in a way like we\u2019ve never seen before.There is also great feedback from our Doctors Doctorsas it empowers them to do what they all want to do \u2013 help people \u2013 without all the distractions that a physical office brings with it.<\/p>\n

Another unexpected benefit of telehealth has been what it\u2019s doing to reduce the stigma around medical care.\u00a0 For certain conditions, there is an element of shame and embarrassment with going into a public medical centre to seek care \u2013 that sometimes gets in the way of doing what\u2019s needed to help the associated condition.\u00a0 Telehealth provides a private opportunity for individuals to seek care without signalling to anyone else that they\u2019re doing so.\u00a0 Doctors have remarked on how much more honest and vulnerable patients are during these digital consultations because they don\u2019t have the social pressure or expectations of people around them.\u00a0 This more authentic experience between doctor and patient is a wonderful thing and means that patients are getting the care they need earlier and more effectively than everbefore.<\/p>\n

All of these benefits point to why there is so much excitement for this field around the world.\u00a0 Telehealth is breaking down barriers to receiving care and creating a more convenient, efficient and cost-effective experience for everyone involved.\u00a0 Regulators are beginning to get their heads around this new form of medical assistance and as they acknowledge the potential, this industry continues to flourish.\u00a0 It\u2019s fundamentally changing the way we think about medical care and here at Sprint Medical<\/a>, we couldn\u2019t be more excited and Proudabout it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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