(Newswire.net — December 11, 2015) — The 20th century was a new era in healthcare. Multiple progressive methods were introduced, and medical help became available to vast masses of people. As this amount grew steadily, an issue ensued: doctors, general practitioners and specialists alike, began to suffer from work overload. Even the most trivial procedures, like hearing patients’ heart or lungs or taking temperature, and then recording it all eat up time and decrease productivity of doctors (while increasing patients’ irritation). Such petty problems tend to snowball; fortunately, rapid technology development is likely to solve many of them in the near future. Here’re some improvements that’s been introduced lately:
CliniCloud
This is a startup which promises to ‘bring healthcare home’. The method is perfectly simple: using your phone and some hardware add-ons, Bluetooth and cloud technology, you and your physician can keep track of your family’s health without actually driving to the clinic, wasting time in traffic jams and queues. A non-contact thermometer takes temperature super-accurately and with no fuss (it works especially great for babies as it doesn’t wake them up); with a digital stethoscope, you can record your breathing and heartbeat. CliniCloud app uploads the readings to your cloud account which the doctor can access to monitor any changes in your or your relatives’ condition, after which you can consult the physician via video chat.
CloudEMG
An innovative EMG system offers a new level of diagnostic accuracy to practicing physicians. While usually individual practitioners have to refer patients to take EMG tests elsewhere, CloudEMG provides an opportunity to get all the readings here and now. With the handheld EMG machine and a variety of electrodes and supplies that are either part of the package or can be purchased separately, it is possible to analyze patients’ EMG and nerve conduction data and diagnose common neuropathies. Basic online training in EMG and nerve conduction techniques, as well as an ample variety of further training programs and extra features are available.
Medical Transcription Services
Taking written notes is possibly the most annoying thing a physician has to do (and, for that matter, deciphering these incomprehensible scribbles is likewise exasperating for a patient). Considering the sheer amount of writing, the situation might seem dire; or it may be definitely looking up if you avail of medical transcription services. It is not a brand-new phenomenon as such; all the more surprising it is to see that not many practitioners use it. Yet what could be simpler and more effective than to dictate notes as you examine a patient or perform a procedure, and then to have them converted into text by a professionally trained team? Obviously, an increase in productivity is sure to make up for expenses many times over – and, no less importantly, spare everyone’s nerves.
Healthcare is a sphere which can benefit from newest technology like no other domain. Yet as a system it is, regrettably, prone to sticking to traditional (which in many cases reads as ‘old’) ways. However, it’s in the power of every doctor to keep track of new and improved methods – for the sake of their patients and themselves.