The usage of smartphones has taken every industry by storm including healthcare.
The use of smartphone apps in the health industry is to ensure seamless communication between doctors and the patients. Moreover, the overall management of hospitals is also included in the role of apps.
According to Statista, there are 2.2 million android apps and 2 million iOS apps of which 165,000 apps are in the healthcare category.
Some other mind-blowing stats reveal:
• Physicians are 250% more likely to own a tablet than other consumers
• 40% of physicians said tablets help cut down time spent on administrative tasks
• 88% of doctors want patients to observe their health at home, including weight, blood sugar, and vitals.
The number is growing with each passing day and due to the fast paced environment, everyone wants to stay ahead in terms of productivity and efficiency.
Mobile apps allow healthcare professionals 24/7 management of a patient’s condition along with customization according to his/her condition. It also offers a secure platform to access important healthcare data, without prone to security threats.
If you are directly related to the healthcare industry and dealing with patients on daily basis, have a look at some of the best apps to enhance clinical communication and workflow.
Patient Keeper
Patient Keeper is the top demanded app by healthcare professionals. As the name suggests, the app helps you keep patient’s data in your pocket and check it on the go. Be it a smartphone or tablet, access data anytime and at any place.
Patient Keeper is more than just accessing information. With the Computerized Patient Order Entry System, it allows ordering medication, labs, radiology and similar services to the patients across the hospital. Patient Keeper, in other words, acts as an alternative to telephone order, causing organizational inadequacies. Moreover, it also helps to keep track of patients past record, test results, and other health data.
Spok
The Spok mobile app is another useful app to manage and improve clinical coordination and clinical care. Spok is a critical messaging alerting app for use in healthcare, government, and public safety environments.
Other notable features of Spok mobile includes integration with EHR system to perform care responsibilities and certain procedures along with hospital-wide scheduling. The app can be accessed from both smartphones and watches.
PatientTouch
PatientTouch is a mobile app solution that helps you orchestrate people, data, and processes in real time. PatientTouch is reliable and helps improve in connecting clinicians to care, team, existing EHR infrastructure and patients for quality, optimal and top-notch nursing satisfaction while cutting the cost.
Moreover, PatientTouch comes with features like specimen collection including care verification of patient in real time in order to increase safety and efficiency of lab orders processing. In addition, it comes with infant care facility to ensure mother and baby matching, the accuracy of breast milk labeling and safety of breast milk feeding.
Ambulatory EHR
Ambulatory EHR offers clinicians to access web charts, allowing them to access patient record across the hospital on a mobile device. Clinicians can have the view of patient’s record with just one tap. Moreover, they can order medications, note progress of patient’s health, schedule appointments and view test results. It also includes population management tools to help identify patients at risk.
ITriage
ITriageis a helpful app for patients allowing them to view information directly about their health conditions. Along with the information provided, it also gives step-by-step instructions to treat the conditions optimally. The app helps the patient to know whether the condition requires them to go to emergency room. Moreover, it also gives information about previous medical claims and stores the health information securely. The app is free to download only for patients covered by Innovation Health under Aetna.
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