Mobile Technology is poised to redefine Chronic Disease Management
Self-management
support helps patients with chronic medical conditions such as diabetes and hypertension focus on preventive care
and maintain their health at home on an ongoing basis. Today, smart mobile devices and innovative mobile applications with cloud computing has, no doubt, taken self-care monitoring/remote healthcare management to a whole new level. This emerging type of health care management is growing in popularity and is advantageous
both for patients and care providers/hospitals.
Largely, patients with chronic illnesses are usually under the care of
several different physicians.
Under
this system, the whole team of healthcare professionals who care for every
such patient can coordinate care. Typically, hospital visits of chronic patients are more focused on the preventive aspects of care rather than the acute or critical care and hence special care needs to be taken while planning and implementing patient visits and followup care. With mHealth technology, physicians can collaboratively plan hospital
visits for such patients with consecutive appointment times for each specialist
who takes care of the patient. This will help the patient complete all of his/her
health care appointments on a single day.
mHealth applications can also help care providers engage with patients by having customized
coaching sessions about patients’ condition, viz., how to take care of a chronic
illness at home on a long-term basis, how to work towards quitting smoking,
following an exercise plan, etc. by sending them regular emails, training
videos, or text reminders/alerts.
During
hospital/clinic visits by patients, the paramedics/support staff can help patients by
gathering/organising their medical data before the actual consultation
takes place with a doctor which could lead to improved care coordination and care outcome. They can also work with patients remotely to set
healthcare goals and develop plans for achieving these goals. Once the patient
is home, they can track the patient’s progress toward achieving these goals by
phone, SMS, and email.
In
the days to come, this evolving technology is poised to bring about a
disruptive change in the way healthcare is delivered to the patients and
gradually move healthcare out of hospitals and neighborhood clinics to wherever
patients are and pave way for improved healthcare outcomes at a
minimal/affordable cost accessible to common man even at a remote village!
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