What are the 8 Benefits Derived from Developing a Hospital Mobile Application?

There is a growing demand for mobile apps in the market and the whole world is going MOBILE.

So why do you think Hospitals will stay behind in the rat race. The hospital industry has joined the current trend to exploit the new technology to it’s advantage..

In current times, Doctors and medical professionals, multi-specialty hospitals to start-up clinics, all prefer harnessing the applications of a smart phone device to ease their work and improve performance efficiency, similarly to other sectors.

As medical professionals need to get ready for any emergency situation, an efficiently developed medical apps offer best assistance to stay alert and meet emergencies anytime and anywhere possible..

To develop your hospital application, it is important to understand how an app can benefit both medical professional and patient alike.

8 Benefits derived by both medical professionals and patients:

• Allow patients to locate you- Hospital mobile application can be easily spotted on the app store. It is better if your app has a directory giving directions to different departments within your hospital and list of doctors or specialists mentioned with their field of specialization so that the viewers can directly fix appointment with the exact doctor for their specific ailment. It simplifies the entire process of searching a doctor and scheduling appointment.

• Safe medical record maintenance and easy accessibility- Your hospital application must be a safe place to store confidential information, medical records and histories of your patients so that they can be quickly accessed by the medical personnel or by the patients themselves as and when required. The app must have security features to protect the data and save them from getting mishandled. Consider adding EMR or Electronic Medical Records to your app.

• Beneficial for doctors, nurses and other medical person- Recording and maintenance of the total medical history of the patient admitted to the hospital can help doctors and nurses to do their work quickly, eliminating the paper work and can serve as a record for future reference if required.

• Proper management of the Administrative department- The administrative department can get benefited from the hospital mobile application. The different admin tasks such as allocating beds to patients, track of patients getting admitted or discharged, maintaining medical, house-keeping and other supplies’ records, discharge procedures, payment details etc. can be seamlessly carried out with the phone application.

• Stock management for medical stores- Keep your medical store updated and well-supplied with medicines, medical instruments and other equipment such that you are not out-of-stock at the time of emergencies.

• Automate Scheduling- The waiting is over with Mobile application. Patients can simply visit your application and fix an appointment with the specific doctor without having to wait for long hours to do the same.

• Informative app to aid patients and doctors- You can either develop two different mobile applications for your hospital, catering to the internal need and patients’ requirement or you can have the multiple features added to one particular app. Medical journals and news related to healthcare keep the medical professionals updated and they can upgrade their knowledge constantly to meet the current change. A pregnant woman can follow the guidelines mentioned for pre and post pregnancy period on your app.  Doctors can also draw quick information relating to appointment schedules, medical history etc fed into the application on a particular patient.

• Easy payment of hospital bills for patients- Chasing for payment of hospital bills can be quite a tasking job both for your hospital and for the patients. Create a bill payment feature with payment plan can speed up the entire transaction process for both the parties.

Summing Up:

Mobile phones have completely revolutionized the traditional methods of performing our daily tasks. A simple device, initially meant only for communication, has covered a long journey and is standing at a threshold where it is practically running our lives.

Recent Survey shows: Mobile health technology stats for Physicians

• 52% patients prefer mobile apps to draw information related to health insurance, prescription etc.
• 33% doctors make use of their smart phone to make prescribing decision
• 80% doctors are medical apps users.
• The global market of mHealth will expand to 59.15 billion USD by the year 2020.

Stay ahead in the competition and better serve your patients by shedding a few extra bucks to develop a user-friendly mobile application. Not only your patients will benefit out of it but your hospital will deliver good output.