Telemedicine is used on a large scale in all developed countries, where the health systems are also, anyway, very well set up and performing well. The experience in this field, of online consultations, showed a lot of advantages: the number of hospitalizations decreased by about 38%, the number of readmissions decreased by a third and the number of days in hospital decreased by up to 63%! In addition, statistics show that people become more attentive to their health when they know they can quickly and easily seek high-quality professional advice.
The direct advantages of using such an online consultation system are multiple, from financial ones to those related to trust and accessibility.
When a person seeks the advice of a specialist through a dedicated platform or through an application, a substantial saving is made, both financially and in time and energy. A visit to a hospital or clinic involves transport costs, hours spent in traffic, waiting at the reception or in the on-call room. All this is replaced by a simple "click" in the platform that quickly connects you with a doctor.
Fast and affordable consultations
The only schedule the patient depends on is his own availability: the date and time of the online consultation can be set in advance, with the certainty that it will start without any delay. In addition, the degree of accessibility is very high: it can be used from any device (computer, phone, tablet), easy to use and familiar to the patient. In the case of elderly, immobile patients, online consultation is a real lifesaver. They can benefit from useful and informed advice without having to go to a clinic to worsen their health.
From the comfort and safety of their own home, the patient is consulted by a specialist without having to come into contact with other patients, as happens, inevitably, at any health facility. The risk of worsening your health or contacting other unwanted diseases is thus completely eliminated.
International statistics show that the development of the internet has also attracted a worrying increase in self-diagnosis and, more seriously, self-medication. At the first symptoms, sometimes trivial, people are tempted to look for additional information on the Internet, thus reaching unauthorized sources, from which they get wrong or false information. "Hearsay" treatments, highly blamed by specialists, cause, in many situations, serious complications. Online consultations, dialogue with a specialist doctor and diagnosis from a reliable source are the safe provide reliable medical advice.
