Taking the mobility route for healthcare

Mobility has changed the way people are connecting with healthcare providers—the S10 Healthcare Solutions app comes at the right time

The healthcare industry constantly has to face a lot of challenges and difficulties of providing quality healthcare to patients following the strictest of privacy safeguards. From the initial diagnosis to surgery, ambulatory care to home care; if the medical reports are not transferred on time, it can have a detrimental effect on the health of a patient. In such a situation, mobility in healthcare can help healthcare providers by offering diversified solutions.

“The heavy rush of patients witnessed at the hospital corridors, non-availability of specialists, hurried patient interactions and long wait time, make dealing with emergency issues highly intimidating. Mobility has changed the way people are connecting with providers and consume healthcare services,” says Sridharan Sivan, founder, S10 Healthcare Solutions Pvt Ltd.

“In the rapidly changing communication technology and unprecedented growth of mobile devices such as smartphones are creating new opportunities in the healthcare domain to make a positive impact to the health seekers. e-health is becoming a viable, attractive and convenient alternative towards solving healthcare problems. Even though penetration of mobility in healthcare in India is still low, but it has enormous potential in the near future,” he adds.

Speaking on the S10 Health app, he says, “The app revolutionises the appointment booking with your favourite doctor. There’s more, doctors can wirelessly push prescriptions, medical reports to your profile accessible on your smart phone. You can also track your fitness, manage your diet, maintain medical reports or simply kick back and play some mind boggling games.”

Talking about the benefits of both takers and providers, he says, “When it comes to healthcare providers, it fosters new opportunities, more business and faster returns. Combining expertise with capabilities it allows the health providers to rapidly build and sustain a large and loyal health seeker base. Health seekers can avail health services within a touch of a button.

From e-consultations to e-medical records, technology drives innovation in healthcare and makes everything available on the global space. Hence, it is a win-win situation which not only fosters more business but also innovation and timeliness.

“Apart from bridging the patient- doctor gap, it ensures there is optimised healthcare delivery and transparency of information when it comes to medical records of health seekers. We have seen a paradigm shift from the earlier face-to-face interactions with doctors to an audio visual platform to avail health consultations. Technology is driving innovation in delivery of quality healthcare,” he explains.

Mobility in healthcare has numerous advantages such as access to electronic medical record (EMR), improved data capture, reduced errors, improved quality of interaction with patients, and easy access to records by patients.

The Indian healthcare industry is at the cusp of transformation. Just like how we plan for our financial needs, planning for optimal wellbeing is equally necessary. The pressure to cut costs and to provide mobilising care has also lead to the development of new mobile remedies across this industry,” concludes Sridharan Sivan.