{"id":23040,"date":"2020-04-20T11:45:39","date_gmt":"2020-04-20T06:15:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.syscreations.ca\/?p=23040"},"modified":"2020-12-18T03:39:29","modified_gmt":"2020-12-18T03:39:29","slug":"covid-19-healthcare-app-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.syscreations.ca\/blog\/covid-19-healthcare-app-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Healthcare app development: 4 best COVID-19 healthcare apps one can develop to leverage current demand surge in healthcare industry"},"content":{"rendered":"

The coronavirus which has <\/span>claimed more than 130,000 lives worldwide<\/span><\/a><\/span> and <\/span>more than 1000 lives in Canada<\/span><\/a><\/span> is changing the user behaviour and so does the market landscape.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

People have adopted many new apps to continue living a normal life amid the pandemic and with limited access to brick and mortar stores. These all apps have been witnessing a sudden surge in demand and revenue. These apps fall under the category of grocery apps, food delivery apps, entertainment apps, and healthcare apps.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Talking specifically about the healthcare apps, many healthcare apps are helping both COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 patients along with residents living in long-term care homes to combat COVID-19. These apps enable them to look after their health and carry out regular health checkups without leaving homes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Indeed, this is the best opportunity for entrepreneurs and healthcare institutions to develop healthcare apps and leverage current demand surge in the healthcare industry.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In this blog, we are going to list down 4 types of best-performing healthcare apps that you can develop to earn money and help humanity at the same time. We will also discuss the cost of COVID-19 healthcare app development in Ontario, Canada.<\/span><\/p>\n

Healthcare App Development – 4 types of healthcare apps you can develop amid a pandemic<\/b><\/h1>\n

Healthcare apps have always been attracting more users as healthcare is the basic need of everyone and a healthcare app satisfies that need in the easiest way possible. Following is the list of 4 types of COVID-19 healthcare apps which you can consider to develop during this healthcare crisis.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Type #1: Telehealth apps\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n

This is the most popular and purposeful type of healthcare app. Every available telehealth app in Canada is experiencing utilization surge like never before.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

How does a telehealth app work?\u00a0<\/b><\/h4>\n

A telehealth app basically connects patients and physicians and allows patients to get healthcare services through a mobile app remotely.\u00a0 Physicians can also provide effective care to patients even remotely, all thanks to digital clinical tools in the app. A physician can access patients\u2019 medical history, write prescriptions, and even write sick notes.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Top telehealth apps in Canada:\u00a0<\/b><\/h4>\n

The following is the list of <\/span>top telehealth apps in Canada<\/span><\/a><\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
App Name\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\nUSP \/ Unique feature<\/b><\/td>\nApple App Store Rating<\/b><\/td>\nGoogle Play Store Rating<\/b><\/td>\nOur dedicated blog<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Maple\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nMost popular one. Connects patients with doctors within 2 minutes\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n4.6\/5<\/span><\/p>\n

Download<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n

4.7\/5\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Download<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n

Develop app like Maple<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Babylon by TELUS Health<\/span><\/td>\nAI-enabled chat-style symptom checker\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n3.3\/5\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Download<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n

4.3\/5\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Download<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n

Develop app like Babylon<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Akira by TELUS Health<\/span><\/td>\nAccommodate psychiatrists to treat mental health issues too\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n4.9\/5<\/span><\/p>\n

Download<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n

4.8\/5<\/span><\/p>\n

Download<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n

Develop app like Akira<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ask a Doctor\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nOffer the most simple way to ask questions to doctors\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n3.7\/5<\/span><\/p>\n

Download<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n

3.8\/5\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Download<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n

Develop app like Ask a Doctor<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Type #2: Virtual healthcare app for senior care\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n

Long-term care homes or nursing homes in Canada are struggling most to cope up with pandemic. According to the <\/span>latest report<\/span><\/a>, close to half of the deaths that the government is tracking are linked to long-term care facilities.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A virtual healthcare app, dedicatedly developed for long-term care homes, can strengthen LTC homes\u2019 efforts to minimize the number of deaths. Many Canadian nursing homes have already been using such apps. But these apps are outdated and lacking many important features.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

How does a virtual healthcare app work?\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n

The major users of the virtual healthcare apps are healthcare professionals working in LTC homes such as RN, RPN, physicians, and DOC. These all clinicians can execute their senior care tasks by the virtual healthcare app itself. For instance, nurses can check the prescriptions of each resident and schedule virtual visits between residents and physicians. Physicians can diagnose residents through virtual visits and write prescriptions. DOC can validate the tasks completed by nurses and physicians.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The best virtual healthcare app in Ontario, Canada<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

Writi is the best virtual healthcare app in Ontario, Canada. 80+ physicians and 800+ users have already been registered on Writi. It has also processed 11K+ prescriptions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Writi is PHIPA and PIPEDA compliant and it has security features like two-factor authentication and modern encryption to ensure the privacy and security of resident data.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Writi supports the Ontario Ministry of Health\u2019s new billing codes. Writi virtual healthcare app includes 3 different apps, each for LTC homes, physicians, and LTC pharmacies to streamline all LTC operations<\/span><\/p>\n

Type #3: Mental health apps\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

Our world is chaotic like never before and chaos is notorious for disturbing people\u2019s mental health. Being calm and well-focused is very crucial for people in this challenging time. A feature-packed mental health app definitely helps people meditate and improve mental health to remain fully operational even during a pandemic.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

However, there isn\u2019t a single type of mental health app because of the many mental health-related issues.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Types of mental health apps:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n