Impact of using smartphones in delivering effective patient care
Our world is consistently evolving and changing. With the transformations that technology has
brought us, indeed, it led the way for its people to live convenient and more efficient lives.
Computers and mobile phones are proven to positively affect healthcare (ACOG, 2010). It helps
healthcare providers make their daily work and tasks laid out quickly and accurately. With the use of
technology, communication among team members and a group of medical professionals would be
accessible such that one message or call, they could instantly receive the information. Moreover, it
permits them to meet virtually and discuss the needed things to be tackled if their time and location don't
allow them to talk physically. Improvement of records and the system could also be noticed. Data would
not be easily lost since they have tracked and backed it up. Allied professionals can easily view materials
of different patients simultaneously without having a pile of papers in front of them. This means
information would be easily accessible to doctors but still with privacy. There would be more organization
of data, and the mixing of information would be lessened since it could be programmed to be organized
by the hospital's technicians. Other features of smartphones that could aid them in performing the tasks
include reference and information, health record maintenance and access, communications and
consulting clinical decision-making, and medical education training (Ventola, 2014).
With the incorporation of technology into the clinical setting, healthcare service delivery to its
patient and healthcare provider becomes efficient. It lessens the burden of doctors due to fears or the
paper-copy or hard copies of patient records. Now, they could easily render service to others without
hassle and be able to deliver patient care effectively.
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