Enhancing Healthcare Accessibility: A Teleconsultation Mobile Application for Patient-Centric Care in Cyprus

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This paper presents a comprehensive mobile eHealth application that integrates teleconsultation functionality to deliver high-quality healthcare and telemedicine services. Patients can have virtual consultations with healthcare professionals from the convenience of their own homes providing real time telemedicine services. The application supports the patient medical history, schedule teleconsultations module based on the doctors’ time plan availability, but also the secure environment to exchange medical data such as, laboratory reports, and imaging results. The platform supports end-to-end encryption, and the secure data storage are key characteristics of the teleconsultation function protecting patient privacy and confidentiality. Moreover, the application has tools for managing electronic prescriptions, dispensation actions and patient summary information. For the patients who might find it challenging to get conventional in-person visits, such as those with mobility challenges or those who live in distant and remote places, the teleconsultation option has the potential to increase access to high quality healthcare services. Overall, the application offers a user-friendly platform for patient-centric teleconsultation, boosting patient-provider communication and healthcare service delivery, yet further evaluation of its effectiveness, usability, and security measures is necessary before widespread deployment can be recommended.

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