How Healthcare Providers Use Telehealth to Revolutionize Patient Care

What we once thought of as the healthcare technology of the future is very quickly becoming a need in the present. Let's take a look at how emerging technologies can improve the care of patients. 

Patient convenience is a top priority for many healthcare providers. Telehealth – the use of electronic information and telecommunications technology to support long-distance clinical healthcare – is helping healthcare companies achieve their goal of improving patient convenience. Technologies such as video conferencing and wireless communication are enabling more patient-centric services. New technology is also used to share knowledge across medical disciplines and educate staff, which further improves care for patients.

Below, let's look at the technologies that help enable convenient, high-quality care.

Virtual Appointments

Virtual consultations benefit both patients and physicians. Virtual appointments solve care shortages in remote areas, help treat common, non-life-threatening conditions fast and conveniently, and let elderly and disabled patients with mobility issues ‘see’ a doctor from the comfort of their homes.

Video conferencing

Video conferencing technology lets healthcare providers bring remotely located medical experts together in a conference room to share knowledge and even monitor surgeries. This means a specialist in New York can give their expertise, in real-time, to a team of surgeons in a hospital in New Delhi. The quality of the patients’ treatment is no longer restricted to the experts in the room but opened to specialists the world over.

Wireless Communication

Wireless communication technology gives healthcare providers the ability to maintain a constant relationship between patients and caregivers, known as Remote Patient Management (RPM). For example, a patient using digital blood pressure cuffs remotely can send their blood pressure and pulse to their doctor, eliminating an unnecessary visit to the hospital. It can also provide greater safety for patients in hospitals. RPM devices like wireless wearable sensors can track patient movement, alerting staff when someone leaves their room or suffers a fall.

Prepare for the Future of Telehealth

To implement the technologies that will ensure patient convenience today, and in the future, you must invest in your physical network infrastructure. Wireless data transfer is only as reliable and fast as the infrastructure that supports it. A robust set-up provides the reliability and performance that always-on healthcare networks demand. Partner with Panduit as part of your technology investments, and together, we can select network infrastructure solutions that will help your organization fully utilize the technologies powering Telehealth.

Discover Panduit's forward-thinking healthcare solutions with the Future of Healthcare Brochure here. 

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