The world of mobile apps is incredibly expanding with the ever increasing mobile trend. It is been quite a while that they have become an indispensable part of our lifestyles.
The world of mobile apps is incredibly expanding with the ever increasing mobile trend. It is been quite a while that they have become an indispensable part of our lifestyles. Consumers are downloading these apps not just to manage their bank accounts,
business work or social network but to manage their health as well.
Consumers can now take the charge of their health while on the go with these easy to use, all pervasive mobile apps. The mobile health apps market is expected to reach $392 by 2015, as predicted by Frost and Sullivan. This explosive growth in the mobile app market is adding significant value in managing healthcare. This technology is not all about mobile devices, it is about how it empowers the patients to share information, stay connected and engaged with their doctors. It is empowering for patients as mobile devices, help them manage their prescriptions, check real time availability of doctors and schedule appointments, reminders to keep a track of their medications, food, work out, sleep and much more.
Apps to manage chronic diseases
Consumers prefer to use these apps to even manage some of their chronic diseases, primarily because of their user experience and convenience. There are various applications available in iTunes or Android marketplace to self-monitor or manage their diseases like asthma, diabetes, heart problems, autism, alziemer etc.
Just type diabetes on your smart phone or tablet and will find too many applications with the aim to manage diabetes. These will enable the patients to record their sugar, blood pressure, weight, food, exercise, sleep and more; along with the feature to print or email it to their doctor.
A big percentage of healthcare spending goes to diseases like diabetes and heart problems. Remote monitoring of which can reduce hospitalization as well as mortality rate in a significant way.
There are a variety of iOS and Android apps recommended by doctors for a healthy heart. An app can determine your heart rate when place your finger on camera lens. There is also a tracker for blood pressure and stress levels or estimate a risk for heart attack, stroke.
There are also applications that can store medical information like medical history, allergies, and medications. In case the user is in an accident and the user is incapacitated, the doctor treating him / her can access the information, and provide appropriate care.
There are great self-monitoring and self- management asthma apps that may help prevent attacks by monitoring your breathing. These sensors can be paired with your phone and has an easy one time set up. This way your phone can easily capture all the data, which can be shared with your health provider. With ailments like asthma, the triggers are generally environmental, like pollen, dust and smoke. Another reason frequently associated with flare up of symptoms is the change of seasons. Mobile apps for asthma can warn the users of potential conditions that may be harmful for them by monitoring the weather for their location, and provide them with preventive measures.
Apps adding value
The mobile healthcare solutions can help reduce costs by doing away with regular visits to the doctor for routine tracking such as blood pressure, sugar levels etc. With the early detection of symptoms it minimizes the amount of treatment required and also reduces chances of hospitalization. It shortens the stay in hospital with the help of real -time monitoring which enables the patient to recuperate from home.
Last but not the least, these apps are lifesaving.
