Medicohealth improving the Telemedicine market
The World Health organisation adopted a broad description of telemedicine: “The delivery of health care services, where distance is a critical factor, by all health care professionals using information and communication technologies for the exchange of valid information for diagnosis, treatment and prevention of disease and injuries, research and evaluation, and for the continuing education of health care providers, all in the interests of advancing the health of individuals and their communities.”
Telemedicine has the potential to critically improve physician access by:
- eliminating travel barriers
- adding to the flexibility and capacity of specific healthcare services.
Value of telemedicine market:
The telemedicine market value was estimated at $18 billion in 2015 and is expected to increase over $40 billion in 2021.
Legal obstacles and blockchain solutions by MedicoHealth
Telemedicine is facing many legal obstacles despite the market value and the urgent need for healthcare transformation:
1. An absence of an international legal framework to allow health professionals to deliver services in different jurisdictions and countries.
MedicoHealth: with blockchain technology integrated into our platform, health professionals can deliver the same services all around the globe.
2. A lack of policies that govern patient privacy and confidentiality regarding data transfer, patient data storage.
MedicoHealth: with our platform, your data will be anonymously stored and accessed only by physicians, you will grant the access to. Not only that — your data will be accessible for a limited time, and you will decide for how long. This means that your data is safe with us.
Medicohealth will allow anonymous and secure communication with physicians. Separation of personal data from any health information stored in a distributed data repository will be recommended to patients using the Medicohealth platform. By the patient’s choice, the protected health information (PHI) can be saved into the repository. PHI includes any demographic data that can be used to identify a patient (e.g., name, date of birth, address, Social Security number, health care information, etc. …).
3. Sharing between health professionals and jurisdictions.
Medicohealth: with our database physicians worldwide will be able to cooperate easily. The Medicohealth Platform will enable patient-physician and physician-physician communication by combining advanced industry solutions, based on blockchain technology. With the modern perception of working, physicians have no time to get daily or weekly discussion with their colleagues. However, by introducing meetings online, they will get fast access to different opinions. Dr. Rolf Porsche, CEO of PORSCHEHEALTH thinks that the main benefit of MedicoHealth platform will be networking among doctors. They will have a personal network of colleagues, and with a decentralized application, they will be able to quickly find an appropriate specialist who can help them with a specific health issue.
4. Health professional’s authentication — license validity information
MedicoHealth: Physician identification and License validity checks will be accessible on the MedicoHealth platform.
5. Risk of medical liability for the health professionals offering telemedicine services.
MedicoHealth: Our platform will enable not only insight into physician identification and license validity but also their ratings, prices, availability, and specialization.
Electronic access is a catalyst for engaging patients in their care
It is important to stress that easy, useful and secure electronic access to health information is a catalyst for engaging patients and families in their care. Patients who use online access more frequently report a substantial increase in positive impact on knowledge of their health and desire to do something to improve their health. This is also supported by the survey results of Harris Poll, which was conducted for the National Partnership for Women & Families in 2014 on 2,045 adults, which showed that online access has a positive impact on a wide range of activities that are essential to the better care and better health.
