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When will I be able to see my doctor normally? Telehealth enters the scene

During this period, many medical consultations and clinical tests have been suspended without giving us any new dates. Appointments we had for a long time, annual reviews with our

 

 

During this period, many medical consultations and clinical tests have been suspended without giving us any new dates. Appointments that we had for a long time, annual check-ups with our specialists or first visits. Even consultations in our health center cannot be carried out normally either.

With the return of the new normality, little by little they will call us from the respective medical centers to give us new appointments, although not everything will be the same again.

Just as during this confinement, teleworking has burst into our society, telehealth has also done so and is likely to be here to stay, since it provides many advantages in optimizing resources. Little by little we will have to get used to passing medical consultations through a phone call or a video call, that is, to use telemedicine. Its use allows:

prevent,

to diagnose,

treat,

research,

evaluate,

At the same time, it requires a change in culture and behavior on the part of the agents involved and a modification in the mechanisms and ways of providing health care.

Patients do not have to be reluctant to this change, telemedicine has been used for more than 40 years in Spain, although we are not aware of it. Its establishment is not intended to replace our toilets, but to be a complement and one more tool to help them carry out their work.

Its use has many benefits for patients since it will avoid unnecessary travel, it will allow a more exhaustive monitoring of the evolution of their evolution on a daily basis.

An example of a digital solution that we have developed at Lovexair to provide tools that help health professionals is the HappyAir Comprehensive Care Platform aimed at chronic respiratory patients. Platforms like this one allow the user to keep daily records of their health with the help of health professionals specialized in respiratory and digital health, to create an individualized care plan based on the needs and health status of each patient.

It is one of the many examples of telehealth that we can find today. Other examples that have appeared during the pandemic and are examples of how we are already using it, perhaps without realizing it:

mobile health or mobile health, app in which information about COVID-19 can be found

use of email to communicate with the healthcare professional, for example a reminder that we have a visit

digital platforms to download medical tests

view online materials on how to use an inhaler, how to exercise, and more.

If you need more information about what telehealth is and how it can help you during the pandemic, return to normality or during a resurgence, as well as if you want information about COVID-19 and respiratory diseases, we have at the disposal of anyone who need the line, in charge of our team specialized in respiratory physiotherapy with the support of Boehringer Ingelheim Spain.