Healthcare appointments are down in nearly every category. Patients are avoiding care everywhere, from the emergency room to their general practitioner’s office, to protect themselves and their families from COVID-19. But those precautions can lead to late diagnoses, exacerbations and so many health worries. Home diagnostics and self-monitoring are standing in the gap with big anticipated growth in categories ranging from ADHD to colonoscopy; cholesterol to HIV. This big next step past Dr. Google is set to give patients and families interesting new ways to explore their hunches and start important conversations with their providers.
As home diagnostics and trackers get more sophisticated in terms of speed, accuracy and ease-of-use, how should our approaches to patient engagement, protocol development and medical education change?
Did you know...
Catapult-ing: In the U.S., Catapult Health, a provider of telemedicine services, launched a new home-based diagnostic system with over one thousand day-one users. The VirtualCheckup home kit ships with a blood pressure monitor, a fingerstick blood-testing device and measuring tape. Patients use the at-home tools and then meet with a nurse practitioner via video for results, mental health screenings and an action plan.
— HealthcareITNews, 2020
12 Minutes: Braingaze teamed up with Chinese insurance giant Ping An Group to bring accurate screen-based ADHD testing to both clinicians and families looking for answers at home. In twelve minutes, the program delivers 92% accurate results, compared to traditional interviews that require 4 – 6 hours for 85% – 95% accuracy.
— MobiHealthNews, 2020
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