HOW HEALTHCARE APPS DEVELOPMENT CHANGING PATIENT CARE

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Rise of healthcare mobile apps

Mobile health is experiencing a paradigm shift as customers are looking for more accessibility and transparency. According to the reports, it is estimated that by 2020, global digital health market revenue will go beyond 200 billion U.S dollars. The health sector will generate second largest revenue in the world. There are huge prospects as far as the health industry is concerned. With the upcoming of the internet and mobile technology, the healthcare organizations are quickly adopting the mobile technologies to boost and expand their businesses.

More than a billion mobile apps are sold each year. More than 90% of the people carry smartphones. So it is a huge market for the healthcare organizations to expand and promote their offerings.

Categories of healthcare mobile apps

There are several categories of healthcare mobile apps. These apps help in assistance in diagnosis and checks for the symptoms. Parent health record can be accessed through these apps. Provision of Electronic chart and lab result review is available. Remote monitoring is another category of healthcare mobile apps which include life scan for diabetic patient, remote heart monitoring, oxygen level check, ECG viewer.  Reminder and alerts category have prescription management, appointment reminders etc.

Why healthcare mobile apps are needed?

Healthcare mobile apps are an essential element of a healthcare organization. Previously, the health organization working process was quite slow. With the advancement of the new technology the whole working process of the healthcare has fastened. We need the platforms to increase the awareness about certain diseases. This is where mobile apps come into picture. Not only the apps make us socially aware about the diseases, they also help in improving the conditions of the patients. During the emergencies we need these kinds of apps to get help services.

Perks of having healthcare apps

Healthcare app has many advantages over the conventional ways. Some of the advantages are as follows:

  • It has provided provision for greater engagement of the customers. This means that more and more people are focussed on improving their health and wellness by sticking to a very healthy diet plan, regular exercises and following the scheduled medication plans.
  • Healthcare apps reduce the cost of the management operations. It helps in taking decisions faster. It reduces the hospitalizations and emergency room visits.
  • The health apps store all the information regarding the health of the patients. This contains all the information like type of diseases, medications, daily prescriptions, test results, medical history etc. This is very essential as the physician must have all the vital information about the patient and his disease before treatment
  • These lifesaving apps are making a strong impact and they can be used to diagnose diseases. It is observed that people who track their health on the daily basis are much more healthy and happier.
  • Health apps promote and track all the vital of the patient during surgeries and operations. It helps the customers to book appointments and reschedules the meetings.
  • Sends periodic alerts and reminders to notify patients about the daily doses, availability of doctors and other important information.

Future of healthcare mobile apps

There is a huge amount of future as far as healthcare apps are concerned. As people have don’t enough time for the paperwork and other activities, mobile app reduces the time helping us to save the patient’s life saving time. You can use the apps for emergency services and booking appointments with the doctor. This makes the apps very essential part of present and will continue to be so in the future.

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Why To Consider Android App Development , Even After Having iOS App

android vs iOS

Android app faces different challenges that iOS app development , but can be proven advantageous due to flexible Android infrastructure . But is there any possibility of replicating my iOS app into Android ? Or do I need to build the whole new app right from the scratch ?

The answer to all above question is its not possible to directly convert developmental work . Even a minor designing change in the app requires tons of development time . This is possible because of difference between the coding languages between the two competitors  . Its not like we can simple copy it and then paste it on another version . There may be the case that app that is featuring currently on the App store may also be on the top of the play store .

Apple app store was firstly launched in 2008 , and since then Android and iPhone are in direct competition with each other fight like Tom and Jerry . Apple launches phone at incremental level . Every upgrade contains few features upgrade with iOS version and chip upgrade . The app running on iPhone 7 will also run on iPhone 6 and iPhone 8 and iPhone X . But yes we agree apple is always dedicated to provide sleek , touch based design .

In 2008 , Android phones has not gained that much ubiquity . But in recent years , they are the most used smartphones worldwide . Android apps are developed to work across all the platforms , where it is large touch screen or a phone with small screen .

Finding Market Fit Product

If app development was science . we would till now have been the einstein of it . Well you have to study market demand in case your user want Android app , you must proceed with it .

If your current position at iOS market is giving you satisfying experience , then you are likely in good place to implant Android app in the market .

Android App Development Allows More Growth

Walk around a New York city and you will find iPhone everywhere . But oh ho wait a minute , are you startup app developer ? Then your presumption is absolutely wrong . Although it’s the fact that Apple is leader in terms of App Store Revenue and hardware profits , but but Android market has already touched 88 % worldwide last November .

In European and Asian countries , where english is not so common , people find it convenient to use Android phone , which fulfils their needs in their own local language . And its the universal fact that in android phone is affordable , whether it is US or whatever country it is . The innovation of phones like Pixel by Google and , plenty of budgeted phones are available in the market , except the added flavour of the world best camera in iPhone . But if we have you buy a camera phone , then you would be don’t take a decision to buy a DSLR camera , instead of phone which has limited memory and small screen size ?

Also right from Google maps to Google drive , all these are the child of Google , which are inbuilt software present in Android phones . Whereas in iPhone they are cohesive and disjointed as they are not native to the platform .

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Open Source = More Freedom

The most common advantage of Android platform is its open source nature of platform .In open source developers can easily cope up with the upcoming modules due to its flexible easy to use framework . Also Android app development is cheaper and easy process , say integration of push notification in the app can be easily done by using Google Firebase , even within a day , whereas in iOS it can take upto two or three days .

Thus the above point must have created a short story in your mind that how the app works , and on which platform you can choose from to launch your mobile application . In case you want the expert opinion , you can Contact Us , Winklix – The leader in mobile application development .

Native vs Hybrid : What App Suits You Best ?

native vs hybrid app development

During designing of mobile app , one has to fight between Hybrid and Native app . Most of us get confused because as a layman we don’t know what exactly is Hybrid and Native app .Well the decision made by you affect your final product , and so will be the customers . So before making any decision , understanding of each type of developmental works is mandatory  .

You have to fight with fork and spoon to take the right decision . Umm  , well before that you have to know what all are these , and what exactly is the difference between them . Each options has their own pros and cons , so think twice before taking any decision . So lets discuss in details what all are these :

Native App

A native app is an app build specifically for each individual platform  . So in case you are going ahead for iOS , it won’t run on Android platform until and unless you build another app specifically for it . Even the developmental software and their languages are completely different , say Android studio with java is used for Android app development , and Swift C is used for iOS app development.
The biggest advantage we can say is native app is accessible to all the functionality for that specific platform , and if developed with utmost care will be 100 % error free also .
The cons being is native app can not be run on different platform , you ultimately have to spend few more bucks to get the app for the platform you are willing to launch your app . That means in case you are planning to go ahead with 3 platform , the expense will be 3 times the cost of the individual hybrid app , thus making the developmental process slower and more expensive .
Its suggestible to develop the app for the startup on only single platform , and if everything goes good , you can move ahead on other platforms too .

Hybrid App

Hybrid app make once , can be launched across all the platform . It is coded using single code language , particularly combination of HTML5 and Javascript .
One of the biggest advantage of hybrid app is it works on all the platforms and thus is cost effective to , and you are not going to loose money out of your pockets to develop app specifically for each platform . The user does not care at all  , or will waste it time on searching whether your app is hybrid to native , they just care that whether app is running on their platform , and is doing what they expected to do it .
The disadvantage being the cost of supporting hybrid application may be higher than cost of supporting a native application , this is usually the case in case of any version and OS upgrade in system . Also limited plugins are available on Hybrid platform , thus closing the doors for implementing each and every functionality .

The Take Away

The mobile app offers biggest opportunity to entrepreneurs specially in 2017 , where apps are flooding in the app market . Choosing the right developmental approach helps you understanding and making the right decision . Winklix always suggest its clients togo with a Native one , as it will enhance user experience and will leads you to path of success .
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