Consumer-focused, technology-based renovating innovations in global healthcare systems are the recent new technology that provides better health outcomes. Among the many technologies, mobile technology is the fastest growing technology in the world. According to the Darrell (2012), global mobile data will increase by eighteen-fold between 2011 and 2016. By the end of 2016, an estimated 10 billion mobile devices will be in use worldwide. The utilization of these mobile devices like mobile phones, smartphones and tablets has been transforming entertainments, communications, business activities, and all the way how people access a day-to-day information and do business. Nowadays, the mobile technology powers the healthcare industry …show more content…
The main important benefits of mHealth solutions in clinicians’ perspectives are the accessibility in monitoring and managing of patients’ chronic diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, cancer, HIV/AIDS, mental illness, arthritis and many more. Remote monitoring devices enable patients with serious health complications by recording health measures of their own and send electronically to physicians or specialists and assists in monitoring the conditions remotely by reducing the cost of care and time. The research, analysis conducted by the Brookings Institution found that “remote monitoring technologies (mHealath Apps) could save as much as $197 billion over the next 25 years in the United States” (Darrell, …show more content…
The patient can manage, self-diagnosis, or even prevent some medical problems by using his/her own mobile devices. Mobile technology enables patients to record and send their vital signs, health conditions directly to their care providers without physical visits to their offices. The patient may access educational resources such as instructions how to maintain health and well-being, the patient may track and record his/her data of interest such as calorie intake, weight monitoring, vital signs or physical activities. Because of its two-way communication, mHealth provides the patients to strengthen their relationships and communication with their care providers, support their understanding the plan of care and proactively address their relevant health concerns to their physicians/ healthcare professionals (Dicianno et al., 2015). Via SMS and call center reminders, patients can enhance their lifestyle, assist their diet and treatment needs, signaled emergency conditions earlier and quicker, enhance their adherence and regular remote treatments and diagnoses (Hochron & Goldberg,
Telehealth is the monitoring via remote exchange of physiological data between a patient at home and health care professionals at hospitals or clinics to assist with diagnosis and treatment. As our society ages and health care costs increase, government and private insurance payers are seeking technological interventions. Technological solutions may provide high quality healthcare services at a distance, utilize professional resources more effectively, and enable elderly and ill patients to remain in their own homes. Patients may experience decreased hospitalization and urgent care settings, and out of home care may not be required as the patient is monitored at home. However, no study has been able to prove telehealth benefits conclusively. This change in health care delivery presents new ethical concerns, and new relationship boundaries between health care professionals, patients, and family members. This paper will discuss telehealth benefits in specific patient populations, costs benefits of using telehealth, and concerns of using telehealth.
Online patient portals are being utilized at health care offices and hospitals across the country. A patient portal is a secured website in which patients can email their providers, view and pay bills, request appointments, research health topics, review personal information, complete medical forms, and update their profiles and contact information (Ellis). In addition, some patient portals offer health monitoring tools, such as food diaries, body mass index calculators, depression screenings, and personalized plans to help patients quit smoking or lose weight (“The Doctor Will E-Mail You Now”). These portals provide a new method for patients to stay connected to their health care professionals ...
The ability of healthcare to provide patients with a well rounded care process that integrates various services and tracks them over time is becoming more crucial to patients as new approaches using alternative interventions and new technology become more available. The ambulatory care continuum consists of many disciplines including outpatient testing, outpatient surgery, home healthcare, physical therapy service, and more. Patients are gaining access to new information within the ambulatory care continuum and with the advent of e-health, it is important that providers give patients the opportunity to utilize all new methods of care that organizations may provide.
Improving health is in the best interest of everyone, including non-health professionals. Health managers need to be constantly looking for ways to improve access to health care, the quality of the care, and cost containment. Often, the biggest barriers to accessing healthcare are cost and location. Lower income individuals just do not have the resources to have optimal healthcare, or cannot take the time away from employment to deal with health issues. One potential solution to help with these problems could be “telehealth.”
There are countless benefits to having a cell phone. A few of these benefits are pleasure, escape, relaxation, inclusion, control, and affection (Jin 612). In the healthcare industry, cell phones are gaining popularity. They’re being used as a medium for clinical assessment and intervention, managing commuter stress, reducing examination anxiety, countering battlefield stress, enhancing emotional self-awareness and socially supportive behavior, and many other things. Cell phones are also used as a means to send out patient reminders about appointments, disease monitoring and management, and to provide the patient education (Sansone 33).
There are obvious benefits to the technology such as quick access to patient information, efficient and faster billing, and lower storage costs. In addition, there are huge advantages to linking laboratory, radiology, and pharmacy information to the larger EHR. According to Murphy (2011), linking this data is very patient-centric as it lessens the likelihood of repeating tests, thus better care decisions happen when current data is available. However, there are cons to the technology that are hampering its full acceptance. In the digital age, the public is becoming aware of how pervasive computers are to our everyday lives. Computers run our cars; manage our financial matters, and numerous other daily functions. In addition, computers and electronic information allow medical devices to function and more often than not, track our medical footprints. When the shift to EHR was nearly mandated, the one consideration not taken into account is the public’s mistrust of how the healthcare industry uses this information. Certainly, those in the healthcare industry want to keep their patients healthy, heal them when illness develops, and develop better ways of treating disease; however, the medical industry, like all businesses, are motivated by profit. According to Blankenhorn (2010), medical records, from pharmacy records
...ncement can revolutionize the healthcare sector. Smartphones are more affordable, more accessible to the population than computers because these days everyone own a smartphone and are easier to carry. In the recent years the use of cell phones and wireless sensors to gather data and access health data has grown up tremendously. Lot of mobile applications are already available in the market that count your daily calories intake, keeps track of your nutrition’s and workout plans.
Many people in today’s society rely on technology to help us with our daily lives and help us stay connected to family, friends, and other people. The advancements in today’s cell phone technology is very complex and made to be efficient for their owners, allowing them to surf the net and IM message people instantly. Cellphones in particular have developed very fast in the past 15 years. From my childhood, cell phones have evolved from the old school Nokia bricks that allowed texts, calls, and simple graphic games, to todays I-Phones that have higher computable capabilities than some computers. In the United States alone, there is an estimated population of around 297 million people, and 197 million people are subscribed to cell phone companies (Starr). With so many people in today’s society with so much power and opportunity in the palm of their hands, we shouldn’t forget that “With great power comes great responsibility” –Voltaire.
While it can cause harm, technology has many good qualities. Health care facilities can work together efficiently to use social media to engage patients to maintain health care needs and promote treatment options worldwide. Healthcare professional can also teach other doctors and nurses through Twitter, Facebook, and other social media sites. Social media can create innovation and gives the whole medical field a educational value which should be embraced. Phones are also used by patients to gain knowledge that can be used to better their own life: “19% of smartphone owners have at least one health app on their phone. Exercise, diet, and weight apps are the most popular types” (Penn,
ED volumes are not the prime element of overcrowding, ED overcrowding as a condition in which the identified need for emergency services exceeds available resources in the ED, and this situation happens in hospital EDs when there are more patients coming to the Ed than staffed, treatment beds and waiting times outstrip a reasonable period (Barish, Mcgauly & Arnold, 2012). Mobile health (mHealth) is described as the use of mobile and wireless technologies for many health purposes (Ventola, 2014). Researchers and representatives consider mHealth has the ability to enhance health care delivery and outcomes, offer a platform for customized medicine, and support patients in disease management (Ventola,
Even as I sit here typing this paper, my own shiny, rectangular piece of molded plastic and metal lies inches away from my fingertips, beckoning me to use it. Looking out the window, one of the first sights I see are people walking with one hand up to their ear, evidence this technology is in use. I can count on one hand the number of adults I know who do not own one these mobile devices. People are now able to be virtually accessible almost anywhere at any time.
Raise your hand if you’re one of 44% of Americans that sleep next to their phones at every night. It’s true, so many of us are dependent on our mobile devices, that psychologists are now calling it the “Invisible Addiction”! Since its invention critics have debated every inch of the cell phone. From its usefulness and size, to its effects on health after prolonged usage. The conversation has since shifted. The cell phone market today is flooded with a plethora devices to choose from, sporting top of the line materials and industry leading software, but this just scratches the surface. With over 968 million worldwide smartphone sales in 2013, consumers are feeding into the latest technology that the market has to offer. Though they may become
Since 2008, the smartphone, a device that combines a normal cell phone with a computer, typically offering Internet access, data storage, e-mail capability, etc. all in your hand was deemed as ground-breaking technology and created one of the largest and most competitive markets in terms of technology to date. Their increased popularity continued to grow and today, it is very hard to encounter someone without a smartphone. These devices allow people to disconnect from reality and grant them access to the world as a whole. People use these devices to manage their daily routine, dictating what they should do and when they should do it.
A mobile phone is a telephone that can make and receive calls over a radio
Every day of our lives, we watch as technology advances in leaps and bounds, so it was only logical when the cell phone came into existence, it would also be necessary to develop ways for a phone to be more than just a phone. With the explosion of the internet age people needed a way to bring their computers on the go, one that could fit in the palm of their hand. Whether it be checking emails, updating social networks or even playing games, smartphones seem to do it all. There is, however, a dark side to every technological advance that is made, to everything that makes our lives more convenient. Smartphones are not only an enormous distraction in our lives but are also known to cause health problems in those