Due to the rising use of smartphones and mobile app stores, fitness and healthcare apps are gaining a substantial amount of popularity of the last two years. A firm growth in wearable technology is also a subsidizing factor in this scenario. Pharma and healthcare executives are well versed with this transformation and are experimenting with a wide range of digital initiatives. Mobile app development companies are helping the medical industry in this and are playing a vital role in the digital revolution of the healthcare sector. With the passage of time, the pharma app industry is only going to touch the zenith.
Let’s discuss the major factors that the pharma/ healthcare sector and mobile app companies can consider while making apps. These factors can also change your perspective towards the medical applications.
1. Fitness app for chronic diseases
A huge fraction of people is constantly suffering from autoimmune, metabolic, genetic and other severe diseases that make patients follow strict precautions and guidelines. Doctors recommend them routine checkups and regular supervisions. IT companies have made numerous apps that can look after such complications. Considering their knowledge and proficiency, it is much more advantageous for medical companies make pharma apps that address the issues of the patients.
2. Locating free health care clinics and hospitals
Majority of population in the world still cannot pay for health care services. Pharma companies can make use of this matter and make a mobile app that can take care of such real issues. The app that can send notifications to people about the free health checkups for the specific ailments, plan/ schedule appointments and make them remind about the schedule beforehand. Providing a genuine helping hand is also a considerable way of endorsing your brand.
3. Ordering drugs
An online transaction is a buzzword in this day and age. Right from home delivery of food to booking cabs - people are getting used to doing everything online. Pharma companies can add one more service in this list i.e. Doorway delivery of the prescribed medicines.
4. Cross checking clash by multiple medications
Pharma companies can make app's recording patient information. With this, when the concerned person will buy recommended medicines for another ailment, the app will prompt him/ her of the reactions or allergies that can happen with the clash of multiple medications after proceedding with patient verification. This can endorse both the brand and the product and gather a massive following from the crowd of patients.
5. Social network connecting patients
Diseases such as Multiple sclerosis, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy, Immuno Deficiency Syndrome, etc. do not have any proper cure and pose patients with a lifelong struggle to cope with. Healthcare and pharmaceutical companies can build social networking service apps that can connect patients having similar ailments with each other. This will make experienced patients, assist one another and control their medical issues, while conducting day-to-day activities.
SEASIA’S CONTRIBUTION IN MAINTAINING SOUND HEALTH
There is a variable swath of medical apps on the market, which allow you to better understand pharmaceuticals or to diagnose your symptoms and prepare you for an unexpected medical emergency. Seasia took such apps to a whole new level by making:
Herbpathy App: Herbpathy is a repertory and a Materia Medica of herbs. It lists common diseases and suggests herbs to cure these diseases. It also gives a combination of herbs that benefit a disease.
Medi Alert App: The MediAlert app built by Seasia Infotech is a simple medicine reminder app. It schedules alarms and reminds you when to take medicine. It also lets you schedule alarms for your next upcoming appointment with the doctor. Furthermore, you can make your own notes on prescription and can take pictures of the prescription given by the doctor.
Fitness Visa app: It’s a fitness app that offers you an exceptional facility to get limitless access to all the nearby fitness centers. Any studio or gym can be chosen as per your preference and requirement. Trying different Fitness gyms and studios provides you an exclusive experience of exercising and achieve flourishing health.
We are trying our best in the medical field to give the most out of mobile apps and popularizing it on app stores. We are also developing one more pharma app which will help you order medicines online from a pharmacy. All you’ll have to do is upload the prescription using your phone (camera) to place the order. This shall be the best app for those who are too lazy to visit the local medical stores.
THE FINAL WORDS
With the advancements in the digital technology, the competition in healthcare and pharmaceutical companies is getting fierce. Within 5 to 7 years, a substantial proportion of the medical portfolio will create value through more than just drugs. Many drugs and healthcare apps will be a part of the digital ecosystem that will constantly monitor the condition of the patient and provide instant feedback. This ecosystem will help in advancing health outcomes by modifying therapies to a patient's lifestyle and clinical needs and permit distant monitoring by medical professionals of a patient's ailment and adherence to treatment.
With the right technical expertise, pharmaceutical/ healthcare corporations can collaborate with mobile app development companies to ensemble a right balance between human touch and promotional value. And since Seasia Infotech is utilizing this area quite well, we are open for all the market leaders from the pharmaceutical industries for an ideal mobile app alliance.
