The fourth industrial transformation, the Era of Technology, has impacted all sectors created by humans, and the health sector is no exception. Various companies and organizations have launched an increasingly wide range of health services, available through the Internet or digital media.
Under this premise, there are various types of digital health applications, organized into the following:
- Mobile platforms for remote medical consultations
- Digital platforms for appointment scheduling
- Programming of home health services
- Internet of things for health kiosks
- Artificial intelligence for the creation of health policies
These available services have resulted in them being used to offer complete technological solutions such as mobile applications (apps), which put at your fingertips a better health and medical prevention service.
Some examples:
Its objective is to connect the patient with specialist doctors at the moment through video calls, regardless of time, place, region or country where the patient is, with an accessible cost and less than the average of a visit to a particular office.
It promotes a help service in the presence of a possible myocardial infarction. This app has a coverage of 30 km, starting from the geolocation point of the mobile device, as long as there is a general or regional hospital within reach.
This application works like a pain diary; in it the user records what hurts, how much, where and since when he or she feels this discomfort in his body. With this information, the doctor can prescribe the necessary medications.
The tool helps to have knowledge about type 1 and 2 diabetes, since it allows patients to calculate the doses of hydrates and the administration of insulin that must be performed, in this way doctors can monitor patients quickly.
Created for women who need support when they are suffering from breast cancer, this tool will serve as a guide to know each phase of the disease and suggestions to address it. In the same way it provides assistance to the relatives of the patients so that they have useful information for some emergency
It’s a platform that facilitates immediate medical assistance to patients. It allows you to make video consultations, schedule appointments for a doctor to provide your services at home, get a second opinion and store your medical history information.
The application is available for download via Android and IOS systems. It allows you to book appointments 24 hours a day, get medical assistance at home, as well as virtual medical advice and ambulance service.
It is an instant medical care platform that connects the patient with health care professionals at the time they need it. It is available to download on smart devices through an App and is able to receive medical guidance at any time and save the history of the consultations to avoid re-entering data.
It consists of a platform that helps to find the right specialist according to the clinical picture and conditions of the user taking into account their financial possibility. In addition, it allows you to chat with a specialist doctor 365 days a year.
Thanks to new technologies and their application for health, the fact that a smartphone is part of everyday life may no longer be seen as a matter of fashion or dependence, but as a proactive prevention for health improvement.
