Tech-Driven Wellness: The Cutting-Edge Trends in Healthcare IT

In recent years, we’ve seen a noticeable increase in the use of various web solutions in health care. Creating and improving web applications to provide more efficient and accessible medical care is one of the reasons for the growing popularity of web development in the field of health care.

This blog post will review the various aspects of healthcare web development and reveal the most current and promising trends in the field.

Exploring the Role of Telehealth

Telehealth is a set of technologies and functions that are intended for remote consultation and diagnosis of a patient by a doctor. In particular, telehealth includes remote patient monitoring, remote medical education, interactive patient care, as well as asynchronous transfer of patient data to the doctor.

The Future of Healthcare through Remote Patient Monitoring

Remote patient monitoring is a field of telehealth, during which the patient collects the necessary medical data about themselves using devices and sends them to a specialist. This process also takes place with the help of special software that is installed on the PC, tablet or smartphone of the doctor who performs the diagnosis. An example of such a web solution is Tarka Health, which TuneLAB developed for a client from the United States. The goal of the project is to create a two-sided telehealth platform where patients from all over the world can pay for and ask questions to highly qualified US specialists about their own or their relatives’ problems. On the other hand, American doctors who want to help additional people from all over the world and as a bonus earn extra money by spending a minimum of their time. “Again, people from all over the world suffer from the fact that the medicine level in their country or city is pretty weak. This online project will help them contact professionals, and get the right answers. In addition, chats will also appear in the project: these are both video calls and video advice,” says TuneLAB project manager Maxim Kozorog. A team of one team leader, 3 developers, 2 QA testers and 2 designers worked on this project. Among the tools used are Jira, Confluence, Excel, Figma, MindMeister. The development of this project lasted several stages, including

Prepared technical documentation
Successfully created and implemented the custom design for the entire project
Planned and created project and database architecture
Deploy project infrastructure
Completed the entire task pool according to client requirements and within the established budget
Complete coverage of the project with Unit and QA tests

Interactive Patient Experiences: Web Development Transforming Healthcare

If the previous type of telehealth refers to remote care, then Interactive Patient Care refers more to patients who are already in an inpatient form of treatment. Interactive patient care involves software and gadgets that provide the most comfortable service to the patient lying in the ward. This includes quick access and interaction with supervisors and doctors, providing educational and entertainment content, and more. This area of telehealth is delivered through interactive HD monitors, peripherals such as controllers and transmitters, and other multimedia devices at the patient’s bedside.

Exploring Store and Forward Solutions in Healthcare

Asynchronous patient data transfer (Store And Forward) is a branch of telemedicine that uses software to collect and store data about the patient and their physical condition. These data include medical history, X-rays, MRI scans, test results, etc. The main difference between unsynchronized patient data transfer is that the client does not have direct online meetings with the doctor.

Web Development Influence and Wearable Health Technology

Continuing the previous topic, gadgets worn on the human body also help patients’ health. Smart watches that measure heart rate, blood pressure, stress, sleep, blood oxygen level, etc. are a clear example of such a solution.

In addition to smart watches, in the field of health care, wearable gadgets also include devices that remotely monitor the health of a patient under supervision, devices that monitor the heart condition, etc. Such gadgets allow doctors to quickly and efficiently determine the patient’s condition, and on the basis of the received data on heartbeat and blood pressure, they can better think through the treatment of the patient and quickly solve the problem that has arisen in their body.

How AI is Reshaping Healthcare Web Development

Artificial intelligence has penetrated almost all spheres of activity – from music and arts to programming codes and simplifying complex processes. The influence of artificial intelligence has not bypassed the field of medicine. Moreover, according to Statista, the market of artificial intelligence in the field of medicine will continue to grow. So, in 2021, the AI market was estimated at 11 USD billion, and in 2030, according to forecasts, it should grow to 180 USD billion. It is explained by the fact AI provides such advantages to hospitals and medical institutions as:

Virtual assistants reinforced by AI. Chatbots with artificial intelligence facilitate patient treatment due to the fact that the chatbot can quickly and answer the patient’s questions about their health at any time, without distracting the doctor from their main duties. It is also able to organize a meeting with a specialist with the help of well-thought-out patterns.
Reducing the probability of by the human factor. First of all, artificial intelligence eliminates the probability of human error. AI is able not only to analyze a huge amount of patient-related data, but also to detect certain features of the disease, which sometimes a professional doctor is unable to notice.
Prevention of fake information. Artificial intelligence implementation in healthcare allows to recording suspicious patterns and fake information regarding patient data.

Blockchain's Contribution to Medical Website Security

Blockchain technology is very popular due to the fact that this system allows you to securely store data and protect it from unwanted interventions. Blockchain is built in such a way that it is impossible to overwrite the data of one element without altering the rest of the data in the chain.

The blockchain system is especially relevant for the field of medicine, where the privacy of patient data is paramount. Thanks to the blockchain, medical institutions can share information with the patient without violating his privacy.

Enhancing Patient Engagement Through Apps

One of the examples of IT technologies in the field of healthcare is involvement of patients in their own treatment through applications. The primary purposes of self-care apps are informing patients about their current physical condition, engaging patients in self-care and learning self-care skills outside of the hospital, and simplifying the development of treatments that meet the patient’s individual needs.

An example of such an application is the AC Health platform, which is designed to provide patients with personalized care instructions. Using these instructions, doctors are able to provide patients with more convenient, sophisticated plans for wound healing, drug treatment for colds or certain organs diseases, etc.

Navigating Healthcare Chatbots in Development

Medical chatbots and virtual assistants are automated programs installed on medical institutions’ websites and provide patients with useful advice about their own health. The patient can use chatbots in the following way: the patient writes in the chat the symptoms they experience, and the bot responds by providing information about a possible diagnosis and advice on how to ease his own well-being. However, it is worth noting that such chatbots are not a substitute for consultation with a professional specialist. Nevertheless, chatbots as first aid tools have the following advantages for patients, such as:

Personalized experience. Chatbots give advice to patients based on the database obtained from it. So, the program learns about the medical history, recent symptoms, and based on the database, it can form its own assumptions about the diagnosis and provide useful advice;
Availability. Unlike professional doctors, chatbots are available 24/7 from any device;
Increasing the efficiency of treatment. The efficiency of medical institutions increases due to the fact that chatbots perform the functions of virtual assistants of the patient and are able to solve less serious diseases (a cold or relief of symptoms of a more serious disease, for example). Meanwhile, how professional specialists are able to focus on more serious problems of patients.

To sum up the whole topic, it’s quite obvious that IT is setting new standards for the efficiency and availability of medical services. Web applications and websites development in healthcare opens up many opportunities to further improve the quality and speed up the delivery of medical services. Web developers have the ability to create more efficient and accessible medical web applications that improve the way medical information is stored and shared. These web-based healthcare solutions are becoming a key tool for automating processes and improving the coordination of medical services between the doctor and the patient. We encourage doctors and healthcare providers to use key ideas from developers and web innovators to make healthcare more accessible, efficient, and more patient-centered. Today, we are witnessing a revolution in medical web development, and your input can determine the future of this extremely important industry.