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Mobile devices, such as smartphones, tablets, and wearable sensors, are becoming increasingly common in the health care sector. They can help health professionals and patients communicate, access information, monitor vital signs, and manage chronic conditions. However, using mobile devices also poses some challenges, such as ensuring data security, privacy, and compliance, as well as integrating them with existing systems and workflows. In this article, we will explore how you can use mobile devices to manage patient care effectively and efficiently.
Mobile devices can offer many advantages for patient care, such as improved accessibility and convenience. With mobile devices, you can access patient records, clinical guidelines, drug information, and other resources at any time from anywhere. You can also communicate with patients and colleagues via text, voice, or video calls or send reminders and alerts. Additionally, mobile devices can enhance quality and safety by collecting and analyzing data from patients and devices. They can also provide feedback, guidance, and education to patients and caregivers or alert them of potential risks or complications. Furthermore, mobile devices can empower patients and caregivers by allowing them to access their health information, track their progress, set goals, and share their experiences. Plus, you can use them to support self-management, behavior change, and peer support.
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Martin Galeano
Not just "mobile devices", equipment dedicated to the health sector must be thought and designed to last in that demanding and challenging environment. Consumer devices (mobile phones and tablets) lack extended support, accessories and even surfaces prepared to be cleaned with products used in the healthcare sector. Starting form there, mobile HC devices will bring multiple benefits, empower the mobile workers, data availability and accessibility, information in real time, results "in the hand" and most importan at all, give better attention to the patients.
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Sérgio Costa
Executive MBA| Registered Nurse| MSc Critical & Emergency Care| Healthcare Management
Without a doubt mobile devices and wearable technology (smartphones/watches, tablets) have the potential to revolutionize how healthcare is delivered making it more affordable and accessible especially to the elderly population and people with chronic diseases (top target of health apps), hence it is not surprising that this market will be worth approximately 120 billion USD in 2030. But they have many challenges that need to be addressed. First data privacy, we need to ensure that it ensures compliance with the healthcare data privacy in place such as HIPAA in the US, we need to ensure data encrytion, we need to limit access control only to the designated user either by biometric data or OTP or other security measures.
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Milan Patel
Medical Device Sales | Clinical Specialist | Advanced Parameters | Project Leader | Respiratory Care Practitioner
Mobile devices help manage patient care by increasing throughput and may one day dramatically boost preventative care. We’ve already seen that by simply automating patient data and sharing it with clinicians saves valuable time, avoids errors, and impacts the number of patients seen on a daily basis. Wearables that record data and upload it to a patients chart allow clinicians to better understand the variability of disease processes. Ultimately, with enough shared data points and AI capabilities, mobile devices will aid in the advancement of predictive health, helping both patients and clinicians by getting well ahead of critical events.
Mobile devices can present some challenges for patient care, such as ensuring data security, privacy, and compliance. This includes protecting data stored or transmitted by mobile devices from unauthorized access, loss, or theft, as well as adhering to laws and regulations like HIPAA. Encryption, authentication, and authorization techniques should be used to protect data, and users should be educated on how to handle it securely. Additionally, mobile devices must be integrated with existing systems and workflows to ensure compatibility and interoperability with EHRs and CDSSs. Aligning the use of mobile devices with existing workflows such as documentation, billing, and quality improvement is also essential. Lastly, the effectiveness and impact of using mobile devices for patient care should be evaluated by measuring outcomes and impacts such as clinical outcomes, patient satisfaction, cost-effectiveness, usability, and barriers or facilitators like user preferences or training.
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Sérgio Costa
Executive MBA| Registered Nurse| MSc Critical & Emergency Care| Healthcare Management
In my experience and according to research Mhealth has a huge potential specially in preventive medicine and monitoring of chronic diseases. Unfortunately I still believe that at the moment the majority of people that truly benefit from it are people with higher digital literacy and higher status and power. Without a framework and clear guidelines about its use we risk increasing the pit between healthcare for the rich and the poor.
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Martin Galeano
When thinking about incorporating mobile devices into the operation, you will need to consider who you will buy the equipment from and how the brand manages security at all stages... If the brand doesn't consider security in the develop of the devices, you will surely have problem(s). A google search of "android cheap devices virus" could you give an idea about it. ISO/IEC 27001 is the world's best-known standard for information security management systems (ISMS)
To use mobile devices effectively and efficiently for patient care, you can follow some best practices. This includes assessing the needs and goals of patients and health professionals, choosing the appropriate devices and apps, implementing and testing them, and reviewing and improving them regularly. You must identify what problems users want to solve, what information they need, what actions they want to take, and what outcomes they want to achieve. It is important to consider factors such as functionality, usability, reliability, compatibility, cost, and availability when selecting devices and apps. You should also plan and execute the implementation and testing of the devices and apps, train users on how to use them, monitor their performance, address any issues or feedback, and make adjustments or enhancements to ensure quality, safety, and effectiveness.
Using mobile devices for patient care is becoming increasingly popular in various settings and scenarios. For instance, remote monitoring and management can be used to collect and transmit data from patients with chronic conditions, such as diabetes or hypertension, to a central system or health professional. Additionally, telehealth and telemedicine can provide health care services and consultations to patients in remote or rural areas. Furthermore, mobile devices can also be used to educate and engage patients about their health and care, such as providing information, tips, or reminders about their condition or lifestyle. Moreover, gamification, rewards, or social features can be used to motivate and encourage patients to adhere to their treatment plan.
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Martin Galeano
Medical mobile devices could be used to (among others cases): Correct patient identificacion Correct medication administration Reduce "walks"for medical/nurse workforce Communicate and manage workforce Enhance patient care Access EHR (Electronic Health Records) Scan to reduce manual entry and errors derived from. Manage- and track drugs / assets inventory.
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Mobile devices are constantly evolving and improving, offering new possibilities and opportunities for patient care. Artificial intelligence and machine learning can be used to analyze data, provide insights, make predictions, or generate recommendations for patient care. Moreover, mobile devices can be connected with other devices and systems, such as smart watches or smart home devices, to create a seamless health care ecosystem. Additionally, augmented reality or virtual reality can be used to simulate and train health professionals, to educate and inform patients, to provide therapy and rehabilitation, or to reduce pain and stress. All of these features of mobile devices can help enhance patient care.
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Martin Galeano
Help to easily locate medical devices via real time location systems. Availability of Image diagnosis at any place. AR / augmented reality
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Sérgio Costa
Executive MBA| Registered Nurse| MSc Critical & Emergency Care| Healthcare Management
At the moment Mhealth is mostly focused on monitoring patients. Digital apps main target are people with chronic disease, however I believe that apps or Mhealth could also be included to support the caregiver role. Europe has three on the top four countries with higher number of elderly population. Care homes cannot admit/support all the elderly that require some kind of support and caregivers feel overwhelmed with the role and can easily "burnout". I feel that including the caregiver role in the digital health is a necessity. Its impact could be quite significant in the quality of life of both the caregiver and the caretaker and in the costs associated with it.
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Craig Linden
Founder, RealTimeTouch.com
We are believers at RealTimeTouch: use of smartphones, tablets, wearables, connected patches, implants, and remote care devices will become indispensable.