Connected Devices... The New Panacea?

As a patient, today, the expectation from the provider is five fold – record maintenance, secure information transmission, 24X7 support, Interaction with provider with minimal physical presence necessity, regular analysis of symptoms, treatments and outcomes. Overall a continuum of care program that holistically looks at one’s health chart and not just deals with sporadic health issues. All of this is conceivable today with technology revolution in healthcare. Today technology can bridge the gaps in the traditional treatment methodology - giving what the patients want and simultaneously fulfilling the physician requirements to better health outcomes. Connected devices promise to be the solution in conjunction with analytical tools that can preempt and aid better the comprehensive results and health scores.\r\n\r\nEmergence of connected health has changed the way healthcare is delivered to patients today – extending treatment from an in-patient setting to continuing care outside hospitals and clinics. Having worked for start-ups in spaces like diabetic clinics and standalone dialysis centres, I have been a direct witness to this transformation. The advent of chronic life style diseases has also accentuated this need along with other factors. And what’s more, the general populace has greatly benefitted from this!\r\n\r\nInnovation and IT makeover are opening up…