The traditional healthcare model involves in-person meetings between the patient and the care professional, with medical equipment and tools. It’s common for patients to sit in the clinic or hospital lobby for a couple of hours while waiting for their turn. Although this scene is still prevalent at many clinical services, technology has changed healthcare
The Centre for Disease Control (USA) recently advised parents all across the nation to have their kids tested for the HIV virus at least once in a few years. Testing for HIV, however, remains a stigma among people for what alone supposedly causes it and for what it entails (in the society) once the result
In recent years, health care companies all around the nation have spent billions of dollars on IT systems, so that they can provide much more efficient and professional services. However, securing these IT systems is the next big challenge for organizations in the health care sector. Below are some of the main reasons why health
Health informatics can be defined as the study of resources and methods for the management of health information. This area supports health IT, medical practice, medical research, etc. The biggest issue in health informatics is privacy. It is the only thing which keeps haunting the patient only after their health. In this article, we shall discuss about problems that keep
Social Media or also new media is emerging and leaving behind the traditional forms of media. It is being utilized by many prominent personalities for a variety of purposes and in various industries around the globe. The most shocking matter is that it is being employed in the healthcare industry where personal care has always
Challenges are a part of everyone’s life and the healthcare being a booming sector too has some of the IT challenges. The challenges sometimes tend to happen from the smallest of the things to the biggest of the things which at any cost should not be avoided. It could be coming from anywhere like the
Telemedicine today has become a common term today in the healthcare industry. But what is telemedicine? Telemedicine is usage of telecommunication and IT for offering healthcare services from a far of place. It has numerous advantages like saving lives of people in case of emergency, breaks distance barriers. The patients can be at ease and
Manage with data driven insights, not just hunches The healthcare industry is going through a transformational change. From a reactive schedule at last minute and response at critical hour, healthcare service providers want to move to systems and processes that help them to predict, plan early and execute efficiently for any medical requirement. Healthcare providers
Health care sector’s performance had been an inquisitive factor the kind of challenges it has faced, since its shape up as a sector. Health care is one of the sectors being directly linked to the national well being, has always been in the attention of the stakeholders. However, the performance has always been suboptimal despite
E-commerce is a very effective medium which has given a very supportive role in the growth of the Healthcare Industry. When we consider the kind of transformation which the Health care industry has witnessed in the recent past, one of the major implementation which the companies have adopted is the implementation of ecommerce method of
