Primary care and easily-acces healthcare should be close to the citizen. The doctor in the neighborhood and a pharmacy in every corner is the standard for any city.Additionally, it’s a virtual consultation which providing accurate results to health-related questions in the middle of the night. It’s how every person worldwide can get care in their homes.
Cancelled appointments or late diagnosis put patients at risk.
During the first season of the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of primary healthcare consultations has dropped. Many healthcare facilities switching to telecare services. In others, the doctors were busy for days, while online appointments were booked out days ahead.
- Health systems have been overbooked ,so many patients were left alone without medical advice. Some of these are getting infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Others didn’t want to see the doctor unnecessarily.
- Due to late diagnoses and treatments, cancer deaths may increase in the year following the COVID-19 pandemic. The delay in diagnosis and its negative impact on the end results has long been one of the factors affects healthcare system.
Health systems have learned a diffcult lesson.There are still too many barriers between patients and doctors, whether it’s distance, costs, or other reasons. Primary care must become even closer to the patient, easy to navigate, available in local communities, and available online from home via digital tools. Countries worldwide have been testing new primary care models.
Better patient’s care
According to the OECD report “Strengthening the frontline: How primary healthcare helps health systems adapt during the COVID-19 pandemic,” many countries managed to strengthen the frontline by reorganizing the delivery of care services,change the responsibilities of healthcare workers and improve digital health tools.
“Strong primary healthcare – organized in multi-disciplinary teams and with innovative roles for health professionals, integrated with community health services, equipped with digital technology, and working with well-designed incentives – helps deliver a successful health system response,” state the authors of the OECD report.
The COVID-19 pandemic has been the occasion of some changes that patients have welcomed nowadays. Telemedicine plays such an important role in the new era of healthcare system. Patients can easily acces to medical advices and doctor can find patients data faster.This leads to a better tomorow in patients life generally.
Digital tools help patients find better healthcare.
1.How Can Telemedicine Help?
Telemedicine offers an innovative solution to the problem of access to primary care. Through telemedicine, patients can receive care from specialized physicians without having to be physically present. Using technology to communicate between patients and doctors reduces the need for long trips and reduces long waits.
2. The Role of CarePOI
CarePOI provides a hybrid telemedicine system that includes both clinical and screening services. Through CarePOI, patients can be monitored remotely with the help of diagnostic tools. Physicians can receive real-time data and provide consulting support.
Telemedicine and especiallly Carepoi, breaks down barriers to access, bringing medical care closer to the patient.Contact with us for more information.
