Healthcare is one such industry that even the slightest mistake in recording the data can lead to a catastrophic consequence. In the world we live in today, healthcare is one of the leading industries, and with the huge data involved, manual work is no longer the go-to option. Manual work leads to many ineffective decisions and inefficient output.

With the technology growing at substantial pace healthcare, long gone are those days of manual work, now things are much simpler for the admin with help of the Medical Practice Management Software. 

What is Clinic Management Software?

Clinical Workflows Software helps you in creating, tracking and updating your patient’s data that help in the well-ordered workflow in the clinic. This software is a great help not just to the doctor, but to the entire clinic staff as it is integrating all the clinic activities.

• Centralized: The scheduling of patient’s appointments is centralized, which is easy access for both the doctor and the patient. The scheduling of appointments can be done online, which will notify the respective doctor and there will be no chaotical queue of the patients.
  As a result, the patients can visit the doctor at the assigned time where the productivity of the doctor and clinic can be tracked as well.

• Accuracy: When manual work was the medium to collect or provide patient data, mistakes were inevitable. With the help of the patient management software the admin can hand out the right files and do the exact billing of the patients; this will save time and increase the overall productivity of the staff. 

India, January 5, 2022: As Covid-19 continues to surge in the country, with close to 38k infections recorded on Tuesday, January 4, 2022, Covid-related doctor consultations see a massive jump of 50% more than the previous day. The daily consultations have gone up more than 2.5 times since Jan 1st, according to (India’s largest integrated healthcare company) Insights.  

This is the highest single-day increase in doctor consultations in 120 days, since the decline of the deadly second wave. More than 50% of all doctor consultations are for GPs and Pulmonologists with major concerns like fever, sore throat, headache, body pain, stuffy nose, Omicron spread, Covid-19 vaccine booster doses, and vaccines for children, among others. 

Around 85% of these queries have come from metro cities, some of which are witnessing a steady rise in the number of positive cases every day. At 132%, Mumbai saw the highest growth in GP-related consultations since Jan 1st,  followed by Kolkata (106%), Delhi NCR (95%), Bangalore (75%), Chennai (47%) and Hyderabad (42%). Queries in non metro cities increased by 53% during the same time period. Over 50% of these consultations came from those in the age group 21-30, followed by 31-40 (40%), 41-50 (10%). 

“We have seen a massive surge in the number of covid cases in the last one week indicating the start of a third wave. The festive season is one of the main reasons for the increase as people failed to follow covid protocols and gatherings became a super-spreader events. As seen during the first and second wave, telemedicine will continue to be a life saver, enabling people to reach out to medical professionals virtually. Digital healthcare companies like Vlinkcare are taking efforts to ensure that access to medical healthcare during these times is never a challenge for the people”, said a senior doctor practicing on VlinkCare.