MedCity News December 21, 2017
A new paradigm is coming into view for healthcare, highly tech-driven yet at the same time better suited to the individualized needs of each patient.
Visits to doctors, hospitals, and clinics are being replaced by options that are location-agnostic and decided on the patient’s terms. A one-size-fits-all approach is being supplanted by increasingly personalized options. Organizations and companies are adopting new technology and processes faster than ever before to embrace virtual health care.
Let’s look at these developments one-by-one:
Location-agnostic: Service at a tap away
The current assumption that we have to leave our houses to access healthcare—whether to go to the doctor, the clinic or the hospital—is being overturned. Patients today can describe symptoms to an app, receive triage...