Telemedicine

The vulnerability of rural households increases when they have no easy access to health care . Of the numerous IT applications currently pursued, the use of telemedicine is a major force in addressing the healthcare delivery issues. The cost of delivery becomes a critical component in adopting the right methodology for servicing the health-care needs of rural communities. The GeoAmida platform can fit in as the ideal yet cost-effective medium for delivering health-care services,especially where a good number of healthcare workers are on the move.Hospitals may provide GeoAmida to Public Health Correspondents (PHC's), who will form the first level of interaction with rural patients.The symptoms will be captured on a handheld device. This will be transmitted to a doctor, stationed in a city. The doctor's prescription will be sent back to the device and this is communicated and acted upon by the PHC.

Hospital Management Systems

Consider another application, a clinician who has just furnished an inpatient service to a patient. Instead of entering a description of the service on a paper record at the patient's bedside to be transcribed and coded in the billing office, the clinician simply enters specific parameters of the service into a handheld mobile-computing device, which records the service and guides the clinician in the selection and entry of the appropriate code. Data from the handheld device automatically are sent to the legacy billing systems via the wireless network. Managing patient occupancy, tracking of stocks and infrastructure are some of the areas which can be managed on the same GeoAmida platform.

Health insurance

Health Insurance penetration is a continuing challenge especially in developing economies. Mobile computing technologies are instrumental in reaching out to semi-urban and rural populations while keeping down costs. GeoAmida's smart card and biometric authentication capabilities can play the role of ensuring that the services are reaching the intended beneficiaries and thus plug any loop-holes in the delivery and collections process. Beneficiary will approach the associated hospitals, biometrically authenticate & request for medical services. Hospital will provide the service and deduct the fees from smart card. The medical history of the patient and the services availed can be stored and read through the device.