1. A Prescription for Improved Clinical Collaboration & Better Outcomes In Healthcare
Mobile Solutions for the Healthcare Industry

2. Enterprise mobility is gaining momentum each passing day! It has become
imperative for organizations around the world to find different ways to connect
with customers, employees and clients using new devices and applications, and
healthcare industry is not an exception to it!
The healthcare industry is one of the early adopters of enterprise mobility.
Today, evolution of various mobile devices and apps significantly contributes
towards each & every aspect of health care industry. mHealth solutions are
playing a crucial role in solving a few major challenges faced by the industry
including rapidly changing regulatory environment, increasing costs, reduced
profitability, demand for more powerful and effective treatment and so on.
Introduction
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3. Bringing mobility to the healthcare – specifically to the clinical care operations –
could be a great way to enhance patient care, minimize the complexity, boost
up efficiency and enable healthcare professionals with insights of at the site of
care.
According to the survey conducted by HIMSS 2011 (Healthcare Information
and Management Information Society),
1 More than 72% of the caregivers were deeply interested to get connected to the monitoring devices.
Recent studies conducted by Telenor Group and the Boston Consulting Group
shows that almost 30% of the Smartphone users are interested to use
wellness apps by 2015. The study further shows that using mobile apps for
healthcare can greatly reduce the costs in elderly care by almost 25%.
2 72% of the US physicians use Smart-phones, the number expected to reach 81% by 2012.
3 86% of the medical professionals are interested use their smart-phones to access EMR information.
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4. Mobility in healthcare, which appeared initially in the form of basic
services like getting doctor appointments, call centers and so on, has
expanded its scope today by covering major portions of the
healthcare activities. With mobility becoming a vital medium for the
patients and medical organizations, today the patient care has taken a
huge shift.
According to the recent survey conducted by PwC HRI, not only the
mobile users but the medical professionals are also interested in using
wellness apps to perform their day to day tasks. The study shows
some interesting facts and figures on how choosing mobility solutions
can help physicians.
The Significance of Mobile Solutions
Why Enterprise Mobility Is Crucial For Healthcare
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5. According to an earlier PwC HRI survey,
Percentage of Doctors who commented on the impact of mobile apps
Boost up the
collaboration
among the
medical
professionals
Minimize the
time for
administrative
tasks
Establish
better
bonding
between
patients &
doctors
56%
39%
36%
24%
Accelerate
their
decision-
making
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6. Today, healthcare systems across the world are facing a wide range of
issues like constantly increasing population without any direct or
appropriate way to access the medication, lack of professional and
well-qualified professionals, the rise of new kinds of diseases and
shrinking economical resources.
On the other side, various mobile devices like tablets, smart phones
and so on are rapidly becoming popular among the medical
practitioners. Mobile apps for healthcare have become more secure
and easy to integrate with various operations within the medical
organizations.
How healthcare mobile solutions address the major
concerns or issues of healthcare industry?
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7. Major concerns of healthcare industry
How to bring down the overall expenses of the medical
and make the medical treatments more affordable
organizations.
How to target major issues of best practices and
decision support processes.
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How to enable healthy interaction between the
members, which helps in streamlining their activities.
How to make important tools and critical information
available in the hands of end users and those who offer
and manage medical services.
How to enable healthy interaction between the
members, which helps in streamlining their activities.
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8. Benefits of mHealth Solutions
Responding
promptly to
constantly
changing
conditions of the
patient as critical
information is
being delivered.
Making it easy and
simple for the
clinical users to
enter and unlock
the information
they require to
make decisions.
Identification and
determination of
the best suitable
medical treatment
for patients while
improving the
quality of
treatment and
streamlining the
work process.
Enabling decision
makers to get the
right information
at their finger tips
using role-based
data analytics on
mobile devices.
Mobile applications or solutions offer a whole host of benefits to medical / health organizations.
Creating and deploying enterprise-level mobile solutions for health industry can help them
achieve desired objectives or goals while reducing the expenses and complexity of the
operations.
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9. Today, mHealth solutions have become a driving force
that simplify and streamline the complex operations
within the healthcare organizations. Wellness apps are
opening the new doors of immense opportunities for
the physicians and patients to determine the best
suitable medical treatment and manage their health on
the fly.
Scope Of mHealth Solutions
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10. • AssetTracking
• Demand & Capacity
• Tracking Business
Analytics
• Job Scheduling
Administrator
• AppointmentAlert
• History of the patient
• Medical Reference
• Metabolic standards
Physician
• Patient History
• Job Schedule
• MedicationAlerts
• Drug requisition
• Metabolic standards
Nurses
• Alert For Medication
• Care History
• Instructions By
Physician
• Real-time medical
assistance
Patient
• StockAlert
• Stock Details
• Fulfil drug requisitions
Pharmacist
• Physician’s instruction
• Real-time coaching
• Patient details
Pathologist
Opportunities for Mobility in Healthcare
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11. Scope OfThe Healthcare Solutions
Treat, manage and monitor a patient’s illness remotely with the help of
mobile devices.Patient Monitoring
Deliver health related advice through professional medical experts in an
emergency.
Call Center's &
Patient Help Lines
Enable virtual consultation between the medical professionals and
patients through voice, text, data or imaging functions of mobile devices.Telemedicine
Software to guide professionals about clinical diagnoses of patient based
on their medical history.
Decision Support
System
Gather and display detailed records of the patient at the point-of-care
through mobile devices.Maintain Records
Asset tracking, demand & capacity
management, appointments, monitoring and more
Better
Administration
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12. As per the survey conducted in 2010 by research2guidance, Smartphones
and tablets will offer great opportunities for the mobile healthcare
business by 2015 and therefore, enterprise mobility is the FUTURE of the
healthcare industry!
The Future
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13. Cygnet Infotech developed an universal iOS application for physicians
that helps them check investigation reports and x-rays of patients while
they are away from their clinic or hospital. This anywhere and anytime
access to patient’s diagnostics assists them to keep a continuous track on
treatments for critical patients.
A Case Study
• Display of X-rays and Reports
with zoom feature
• Notifications of new X-rays and
Reports
• Thumbnails and Search Feature
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14. Cygnet Infotech is a global IT services and IT solutions provider with
clients in 23 countries. Mobile application development is our forte and
we have developed mobile apps for various industries including
healthcare, education, entertainment, telecom, travel and tourism.
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