Jonathan Wilhoite Blog: Technology Transforming Healthcare Through Real-Time Communication

Tuesday, June 28, 2016

Technology Transforming Healthcare Through Real-Time Communication

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The doctor is just a smartphone, webcam or laptop away from your doctor as you discuss your symptoms and possible treatment, all in the comforts of your own home- thanks to technology transforming healthcare practices.

No need to wait in line at the clinic with technology transforming healthcare

Virtual Care Center, the first fully-operational telemedicine ‘hospital without beds” – is a virtual clinic where at any given day, Doctors Without Borders interact with physicians in Niger and anywhere in the world along its network of 280 medical experts worldwide.

Located in the woods just outside of St. Louis, Missouri, doctors and nurses working around the clock in shifts provide remote support for intensive care units, operating rooms and other medical programs among 38 small hospitals from Oklahoma to North Carolina where most of these hospitals do not have doctors on-site for 24 hours.

Altogether driven by fast internet speeds, electronic gadgets and the need to attend to an emergency situation in less time as possible, health care providers took stock of this new interactive and easily available system to communicate between doctors and their patients.

Revolutionizing telemedicine using the fastest way possible

In one recent example, critical care doctors sit in front of a large monitor screen as they continue to collect patient data from a remote ICU patient and were even able to diagnose signs of imminent trouble and thus prescribe medication.

“It’s almost like being at the bedside—I can’t shock a patient [restart his heart with electrical paddles], but I can give an order to the nurses there,” says Vinaya Sermadevi, a critical-care specialist.

Some health care providers, however, do not all agree whose treatment or medical intervention which may be a life or death situation combined, as well as systems through which they may determine payment or be able to establish a more stringent mechanism to address burgeioning costs.

So if you feel like getting sick, just go online and access their web-links and as soon as you login, you will be connected together with your doctor in seconds

This gives new meaning to the term mobile assessment, as this has made a good improvement on people seeking relief or treatment from diseases that are often plaguing people but fail or refuse to seek advice from doctors. Doctors are also already working out on means to secure a license inter-state as they are prevented to practice medicine.

With the advent of technology transforming healthcare, it may soon become a smaller place for everyone.

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