The validity of losing valuable time going to a doctor’s office or waiting in the halls for a check-up at a time when there are technologies available to enable remote medical consultations, is questionable.
eHealth could make a patients’ life easier by reducing the days of waiting, commuting between clinics and feeling uncertain after leaving the hospital or doctor’s office when the patient is left alone with their condition (Crawford et al., 2016). Unfortunately, new solutions are limited due to administrative obstacles and fail to reach the people who need them the most.
The smartphone is becoming a health management centre. In the future, health apps will be considered medical equipment and become the physician’s favourite tool for distributing health information and a communication platform (Crawford et al., 2016).
“The future is uncertain” – Is it, for real?
