Amid the global pandemic of Covid-19, countries are under strict lockdown measures, compelling people to stay indoors. Organizations have shifted to remote work setups, and individuals are adapting to a life under quarantine. E-commerce businesses, schools, hospitals, medical shops, and various other establishments have closed their doors due to Covid-19. In this unprecedented situation, the importance of medical apps during quarantine cannot be overstated.
Due to this pathetic situation, hospitals are forced to shut down. Now they are not taking appointments. The government passed such a strict rule that the hospital not to take some types cases like fever, cough and the person having the symptoms of coronavirus. Even the people are terrified to go out for regular check-up. Moreover, a diabetes patient must have a routine check for their sugar test. However, due to restrictions, it’s currently impossible to undergo regular diabetes tests. Not only diabetes, even for some other cases are there that need to get check-up regularly.
Even in this situation, don’t panic. You can use certain apps to communicate with your regular healthcare consultants through video calling features. In this blog, we will discuss the importance of medical consultation app during the quarantine.
Let’s jump into the topic:
How does a Medical consultation app works?
A medical consultation app serves as an intuitive platform where patients can easily connect with professional doctors and schedule medical appointments online directly within the app. Likewise, a doctor consultation app empowers medical professionals to manage their consultations and accept bookings. Particularly during quarantine, the importance of medical apps cannot be overstated. These video consultation apps enable patients to have remote video consultations with their healthcare providers, ensuring access to essential medical care while adhering to quarantine measures.
What are the typical features of video consultation app?
The main stakeholders who will interact with this medical consultation app are:
- Patient
- Doctor
Features of the Patient app
- Log in/Sign up: The patient will log in to the medical consultation app using their personal mail id or through the social media account.
- Home page: Once the patient log in to the video consultation app, the patient can view various section in the menu such as Tips for patients, about us, contact us, our professionals, settings.
- Category section: Here, the patient can be able to view all the available doctors based on the categories. The patient can click on any category to view the list of doctor available
- Search bar: The patient can search for the specialist using their name.
- Choose the Doctor: Once if the patient clicks on any doctor, the patient will get all the doctor details like rating and reviews, can view the calendar and if required, can book directly.
- Booking: If the patient selects the desired doctor, they need to provide details such as their name, age, and preferred date and time.
- Push Notification: The doctor once accepted or rejected the booking; the patient will get the notification.
- Payment option: Once the details were filled, he then directed to payment option where he can add all the features of the card. Finally, the appointment was made.
- Video calling: After the completion of payment, the patient will get the option to have a video call to the doctor so booked.
- Reviews and ratings: The patient basing on the consultation can give rating and reviews to the doctor.
- History: The patient can see all the past bookings.
Features of Doctor App
- Login: The doctor can log in to the app using their email id and password. Upon logging in, the doctor will be directed to the homepage where they will find the calendar, tips, information about us, and settings.
- Homepage: This is a dashboard where the doctor can view all the patient bookings
- Choose bookings: The doctor on selecting any of the patient bookings will give the details of the patient.
- Accept or Reject: The doctor can accept or reject the appointment of the patient.
- Notification: The doctor once accepted the push notification will be sent to the patient about the confirmation.
- Video call: The doctor can have a video call by viewing the patient data and medical record and can have the video call.
- Calendar: The doctor can update their calendar and make them available to the patients.
- Payment: The doctor can view all the payments that he got from the admin
- View Ratings: The doctor can view all the ratings and reviews provided by the patients.
Admin Panel
The admin is responsible for managing all activities within the video consultation app. The Admin will manage all the users and doctors. He fixes the commission rate to the doctors. He sends the push notification to the patients and doctors regarding any updations or promotional activities.
Mobile app development team involved in the development of Medical consultation app
For the development of Video consultation app, the team requires are:
- Android developer
- iOS developer
- Frond developers for admin panel
- Back developer for admin panel
- Project manager
- Delivery manager
- Business analyst
Cost for the Development of Video consultation app
The cost for the development of video consultation app will depend on various factors such as essential features, advanced features, technology stack, mobile app developers and the mobile app development company. All these factors impact the cost of video consultation app development.
Conclusion
Even with the pandemic situation there are ways to make things done. For people who need regular medical check, some solutions are the video consultation app which will make the things happen even when you stay at home.
Krify is the leading mobile app development company in India and the UK having extensive experience in developing video consultation app. For more information, please contact us for the medical consultation app development.
