- Since the Covid-19 pandemic, medical consultations via the internet have increased.
- In addition to being a safe model, it also offers significant time savings.
- Thanks to the union between the technology company Samsung and the telemedicine company HealthTap, the medical service can be offered remotely on large screens.
Medical consultations have seen great changes throughout history. Although the objective remains, the modality has been transformed thanks to the development of technology. The central goal is always to cure the patient and to achieve this, doctors have more and more tools at their disposal. But now the world is about to take a new step to increase health coverage.
From telemedicine to online medical consultations
In that sense, for centuries the traditional format prevailed where patients had to go to hospitals. Similarly, there was also the possibility that private doctors would travel to the homes of sick people.
While in the middle of the 20th century the telemedicine. Thanks to this option, it was possible to take the medical service to remote areas. In these types of places, it is often difficult to attend to patients because they are far from cities.
However, by the end of the last century a new change took place thanks to the heyday and expansion of the Internet. From then on, there arose remote medical consultations. For this service, all that is needed is for patients and doctors to have a device with a connection to carry out the service.
This modality saw a significant increase from the Covid-19 pandemic. Due to the fear of the population to go to hospitals, there was an increase in medical consultations online. But in addition to being a secure format, it also saves time and makes institutions more productive.
Another format to serve patients
While now the world is about to take another step thanks to the union between the technology company Samsung and the telemedicine company HealthTap. The objective of this agreement is allow a Smart TV to be the instrument to allow remote medical consultations.
Via a statement Details of the project were released. In the first instance, people are required to have a subscription to HealthTap, a service that offers general consultations through the internet.
Whereas now the difference is that the latest models of Samsung screens will be the new vehicle to focus attention. In this sense, Smart TV’s are distinguished because They have an integrated camera and in this way health care can be specified.
A frequent complaint from patients and doctors is that smartphone screens are too small. As a result, it is not possible to offer a complete service, as well as making communication difficult.
Instead now that will not be a problem because Thanks to the dimension of a Smart TV, it will be possible to offer a higher quality service. Especially for visual examinations of patients, this is a valuable change.
At the moment this service will be exclusive in the United States because it is the only country in which it has a presence HealthTap. Although based on the results obtained, it is expected to expand coverage to other nations.
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