The increase in life expectancy of the Spanish population is highlighting the need for Implement new technological resources. In this context, the Telemedi company, Specialized in advanced digital health solutions, it is committed to bringing telemedicine closer to the elderly.
Telemedi has created a digital platform that brings together a wide catalog of problems and solutions that can be not only reviewed and consulted remotely, but also improve public health services and ensure that visits to hospitals are made only when necessary. This type of solution will make it easier in the future for the establishment of hybrid models in the healthcare sector make it easier for all the actors involved and improve patient care.
The use of telemedicine and the application of new technologies can help alleviate one of the main challenges facing health systems today: longevity
Telemedi has a portfolio of more than 500 doctors on its digital health platform “Plug&Play”, which allows you to carry out a continuous follow-up, completely personalized and tailored to the patients, even those less familiar with the technology. It is a platform that bases its philosophy on telemedicine and new technologies should focus on the elderly, but also on people who will be this age in the coming years (according to data collected by the INE in 2019, almost one in three people will be over 65 in 2060). The important is that the patient has the possibility of choosing and knowing which route of treatment to choose.
In fact, in 2020 and 2021, the percentage of people older than 60 who used the services of and made remote consultations was around 2.5%; taking into account that people between the ages of 40 and 55 currently constitute more than 20% of the structure of patients who use telemedicine services, in the next 10 years the number of seniors using telemedicine services will grow dynamically.
This platform also allows the creation of a catalog where the doctors have access to the most frequent recommendations for the most common problems that patients face. It is a constantly growing database that offers information about structural changes to queries year after year, showing how little by little the demand for new specialties is growing. 90% of the problems are solved in the which confirms the efficacy of this treatment channel.
Telemedi is currently working on offering new remote health services such as the possibility of measuring pressure and temperature, performing an electrocardiogram, checking saturation, or even carrying out a detailed analysis of body composition. The main idea is that patients can perform these measurements themselves, at home, and that the results can be consulted with a specialist doctor.
Is about real solutions within the reach of people over 65 years of age which aims to bring telemedicine in an accessible and affordable way so that people live healthier, and feel more secure no matter where they are. In addition, the use of telemedicine can get fewer people need hospital treatment, preventing older patients from having to go to hospitals or Primary Care centers.