Chronic health issues can be exhausting for patients. Whether they’re lifestyle diseases such as diabetes and hypertension or diseases that require lifelong management such as fibromyalgia, arthritis, or Crohn’s disease, the patient who is suffering has to plan their life around the management of their illness.Certainly, for these patients, their

Another year, another trend watch. We know, these conversations are everywhere. But we’re a tech company. And we’re quite geeky about the tech toys and tech innovations of the world (mostly because we get to work with so many of them every day).So, more than a trend watch, this list

Image Credits: WikimediaAlong with all the technological advancements taking place in the healthcare industry, chatbots on websites have also come a long way. From the staid and stoic automated responses, healthcare chatbots have now evolved – with the help of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) – to have

Image Source: eHealth magazine The healthcare system in India is facing many challenges, especially in rural and remote areas. The disparity between the care needs of rural areas and care providers is fairly immense. Although 75% of Indians live in rural communities, approximately 75% of the doctors and medical staff

What is burnout? How does it show up in people? Although burnout has always been present in people’s lives, the Covid-19 pandemic has brought it to the forefront of work-related conversations. There was a time when people were extremely hesitant to talk about burnout because of the stigma attached to

Burnout in healthcare workers has been prevalent for many years, but the Covid-19 pandemic has brought the seriousness of this issue to the forefront and in the public eye. Burnout within healthcare workers is now so pronounced that it prompted the U.S. Surgeon General, Dr. Vivek Murthy to write a

While burnout amongst healthcare workers has always existed due to a wide variety of factors, the Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted exactly how much healthcare workers bring to the table, and sometimes at great personal risk to their physical and mental health and even that of their families. While burnout amongst

Picture a normal work day for yourself. You head in and have most of your home healthcare therapy sessions and tasks for the day planned out for you. And then, upper management calls for an unplanned town hall. The subject of the day is that the entire organisation is moving

The HealthScore team spends a lot of time immersed in healthcare and technology – which works really, considering it’s what we do. And what we do is really exciting. As a health-tech company, we get to work at the cutting edge of an emerging industry, bring creativity and innovation that

A changing landscape comes with its own set of unique problems, many of which we’re usually not prepared for, which is what we’re seeing happen with the home care industry. With the demand for home care services rising, we’re starting to see quite clearly that the need for home care

While the healthcare industry has taken its own sweet time in implementing technological advances for the benefit of both administrators and patients alike, there’s no denying the rippling positive impact the right healthcare software can have on an organisation’s functioning.  Moreover, for hospitals and clinicians truly committed to patient care

The digital transformation of healthcare has been hugely disruptive and reached far beyond monitoring devices. There was a time when digital healthcare was a murky space where we were just feeling our way around, not entirely sure whether we could become friends with an “online doctor.” Digital healthcare’s moment to

How can the healthcare industry create a better experience for our patients? Can you imagine, no patients waiting in long, winding queues, trying to complete their registration process? Can you imagine cashiers who don’t have to get frustrated while they wait for change or insurance paperwork? 92% of our front

Signs of life returning to pre-pandemic levels are all around us. In fact, in some places, life has returned with a greater ferociousness than we ever saw before we got hit with Covid – which makes sense. People have been starved for company and connection, so we’re capitalising on the

The promise and potential of telemedicine has been talked about with great enthusiasm since the beginning of the pandemic. A quick glance over news reports shows glowing projections related to revenue and the scale of growth that industry experts expect. However, growth and potential are just one side of the

The potential of telemedicine to affect a seismic shift in the delivery of care is now well proven. As the practice brings more and more medical specialties into its fold, we’re simultaneously seeing more innovation and technology take center-stage. However, an aspect of telemedicine that still needs more conversations –

Trendwatch: Privacy Concerns with Telehealth Given the rate at which India has warmed up to Telehealth services, we can say now with a fair degree of certainty that telemedicine is here to stay. And because the industry is poised to grow and mature quite rapidly in the coming few years,

Does Telemedicine Have an Economic Privilege Problem? The growth of telemedicine in India has been talked about with great fervor. Since 2021, the online healthcare industry has been heralded as a boon to the country, given its potential to serve the most remote patients who are unable to get to

4 Upcoming Trends for Home Health Care in India The relentless persistence of the Covid-19 pandemic has changed the face of healthcare as we know it. Arising from the need to keep people as safe as possible, the healthcare industry has witnessed a number of innovations that have helped patients

Technology and Mental Health Rehab at Home Technology-driven services and mental health rehab might just be a marriage made in heaven, especially for Indian society. A high-level review of the numbers reveals why this could be the solution we have all needed for years. According to a study published by

How the Pandemic has Impacted Home Health Care in India Mrs. Hina Bhatia*, a 75 year old woman, has had various health issues crop up over the last 12 months. “It was such a turbulent year, health-wise. First, I tested positive for Covid and struggled with the symptoms afterward. Then,

Telemedicine & Usability – Can Technology Shift the Burden of Care? Can the use of technology in medicine really shift the burden of care from hospitals? In other words, is telemedicine the answer to heavily burdened healthcare facilities and experts in India that were, at one point, struggling to manage