In today’s fast growing digital world, there are multiple number of digital ways (like video chats, emails, SMS, phone calls and various applications) through which the patients are connected to the medical professionals. Telemedicine is a method of connecting the patients and doctors through technology without meeting in person where the doctor provides the best health care service to the patient. It is also known as digital medicine. Patients can connect doctors via desktop, smart phone or laptop with reliable internet connection.

ADVANTAGES OF TELEMEDICINE

Telemedicine benefits all the individuals who are in need of doctor’s consultation for the recovery of various health risk factors but it highly benefits the individuals with following situations.

  • Telemedicine is highly helpful for the people who have no proper transportation facilities.
  • It highly benefits the rural area people who have no medical facilities nearby.
  • In case if the individuals are away from home due to personal reason, and they are suddenly in need of doctor’s help, telemedicine will be helpful in such conditions.
  • It is also supports the elderly people who could not travel.

DIRECTION TO USE TELEMEDICINE TOOL

In the telemedicine application patients have to give your complete details of address, contact number and previous health history if any and you have to set your user name and password.

PATIENT’S PORTAL

Patients have to sign in with username and password to login into the patient’s portal. Based on your reported health issues, multiple number of the medical specialists for the concerned health factors are listed in your page with their personal details (like contact number and email) and their charges.

CHOOSE THE BEST MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL IN CONCERN TO YOUR ESTIMATION

You can view the amount charged by the different medical professionals in their bio. According to your estimation you can shortlist the doctor’s list and you can further search their reputation by viewing the reviews given by the previous customer, if there are maximum positive reviews, you can choose that medical professional without any hesitations.

SCHEDULE MANAGEMENT

Based on the availability of yourself and the doctor you can plan your schedule and time duration can be allotted.

TIME MANAGEMENT

In case after fixing the appointment, if you are busy with some other work you can also cancel or reschedule the appointment.

PAYMENT MANAGEMENT

After the patient has chosen his/her willing medical professional, in order to confirm the appointment patient has to clear the payment. The payment can be done in online via pay pal, g- pay, or debit card.

DOCTOR’S PORTAL

A doctor portal contains the information regarding his/her personal data including their name, qualification, specialized field, contact details and their charge for the telemedicine session.

FLEXIBLE CHARGES

The amount charged from the patients for the particular health factor is not fixed. The amount charged varies from doctor to doctor. The medical professionals can fix the price according to their flexibility. If willing, medical professionals can also provide free treatment

ONLINE BILLING MANAGEMENT

Once the payment is done by the patient, medical professionals can generate bills for video or audio consultations to keep track of revenue generated for telemedicine services.

INTRACTION BETWEEN THE MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL AND THE PATIENT THROGH TELEMEDICINE

ACCESS THE MEDICAL HISTORY FOR EFFECTIVE DIAGNOSIS

Medical professional will initially access the patient’s previous medical reports, which is available during telemedicine sessions, thereby helping the patient by providing them effective treatment for quick recovery from the illness.

CONNECTIVITY ISSUES

Doctor interacts with the patient directly via video chats which is similar to the clinic consultation, in case if there is connectivity issues you can switch on to an audio-only mode to avoid poor connectivity.

PRESCRIPTION

After analyzing the health issues, based on the medical condition of the patient medical professional will recommend the online prescriptions to patients in printed form on in clinic letter-head.

CONSULTATION SUMMARY OF TELEMEDICINE SESSION

Doctor maintains consultation notes during telemedicine session. He/she shares those data with the patient via email for better medication adherence.