A recent survey revealed that nearly 44% of U.S. consumers presently use a digital tool to track some aspect of their health. (source) And this number is only going to increase with time.
Therefore, healthcare organizations are incorporating apps for patients in the way they deliver care. From enhancing efficiency, communication, and quality to improving their bottom line, Healthcare Apps for Patients are already transforming the industry.
Different types of apps address various health and wellness goals and challenges, including mental, physical, social, environmental, and lifestyle for overall health.
The Top Healthcare Apps and Their Usage
Patient Engagement Apps: For enabling patients to access healthcare through the patient portal, educational apps, trackers, etc.
Telemedicine Apps: For providing remote healthcare services through video appointments and query chats, through which healthcare professionals can talk to the patients, conduct diagnoses, track symptoms, etc.
Medication Apps: Provide medication plans, reminders, prescriptions, location, etc., so that patients can manage their medication without any inconvenience and track their medication.
Patient Recovery Apps: For assessing health conditions, including keeping a check on improvement, including diabetes, cholesterol, heart rate, etc.
Mental Health and Wellness Apps: Enable patients to maintain their mental state, including a daily mood tracker, journal writing prompts, self-care tips, reminders, relaxing activities, etc.
Rehabilitation Apps: For providing follow-up care plans, follow-up virtual appointments, training, medication, etc.
Fitness Apps: To enable patients/people to shift to a healthy lifestyle, including fitness, nutrition, medication, diet, etc. Includes apps for calorie count, stress management, meditation, sleep, and other tracking apps that assist individuals to live healthier lives.
Diseases Management Apps: For ensuring recovery for particular chronic diseases to track the progress essentially, set reminders, check vitals, log symptoms, etc. This enables healthcare professionals to get more insight into the recovery and provide treatment more accurately.
The Benefits of Using Healthcare Apps
For Healthcare Professionals
Utilizing the data gathered through the Healthcare Apps, healthcare providers can understand the patient's challenges in a better way, which essentially allows them to provide better treatment. In addition, they can also gather mass data, understand the patterns, and take preventive actions whenever required. Some of the major benefits that healthcare professionals:
· Improved patient engagement
· Minimized risk of misdiagnosis
· Better insights into patient’s health condition
· Enhanced care delivery
· Improved bottom line.
For Patients
· Easy, convenient, and quick access to care
· Accurate tracking and better control over their health
· Hassle-free payments
· Reduced cost
How can OmniMD help with your Healthcare App Development?
At OmniMD, we believe that you deserve the best healthcare app. Therefore, we follow a tested and proven process to ensure the following: make healthcare responsive, use the power of precision, improve communication for better care, and connect patients and doctors in real-time.
We develop end-to-end mobile apps, including design, integration, and management for healthcare professionals for different purposes. We’re bringing you the latest technology in the Digital Healthcare space. Thousands of patients have been helped by remote monitoring, and we want to change millions of lives by helping with the following offerings:
· Manage Seamlessly your Health Conditions
· Network of Connected Devices
· Safe and Secure Health Data
· Track and Monitor Patient Data
· Access all your Health Data on One Platform
Having worked in the healthcare space for over two decades, we have gathered industry-specific knowledge that helps us serve our clients better, from a readiness for regulations and adherence to standards to identifying and solving unique healthcare industry providers and patients come across.
As we navigate the challenges of today’s new age that hamper our lifestyle and health, we want to enable people to become and remain healthy. Also, we strongly believe everyone deserves access to high-quality healthcare, no matter where they are. With this mission, we are creating healthcare apps for providers across the United States, keeping the patient in mind and, in the process, helping providers improve their bottom line.
Are you ready to kickstart your healthcare application? To talk about your vision and requirements, set up a discovery call with our healthcare app consultant today.
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