The Impact of Doctor on Demand Technology in Healthcare Systems

This presentation analyzes the Doctor on Demand technology in healthcare. It begins with an introduction to the technology and its increasing role in modern healthcare, highlighting its website and mobile application accessibility. The presentation then details the technology's functionality, explaining how patients can connect with doctors via video or phone calls, share medical information, and obtain prescriptions. It also explores the impact of this technology on the healthcare system, including increased convenience, cost-effectiveness, and broader access to specialists. The presentation also discusses the negative impacts, such as reliance on internet connectivity and the limitations of remote diagnosis. Finally, it concludes with a recommendation for the future of healthcare technology, emphasizing the need for further advancements and integration of technology to improve patient care and outcomes.

A Study on Doctors on
Demand Technology in
Healthcare
Student Details

Introduction
• Healthcare is the stream of knowledge where the health of individuals are
taken care by professionals with the help of available means. In today's world
the role of technology is increasing in every field, similarly it has spread its
branches in healthcare sector as well (Hegarty, Amoore, & Blackett, 2017).
• There are multiple of technologies used by professionals of healthcare system
nowadays. Doctors on Demand is one of the gradually growing technology in
the sector.
• In current study an attempt has been made to understand the role of Doctors
on Demand technology in providing and maintain healthcare services to the
patients.

The availability of technology as website and mobile
application, which can be used by any individual

Doctors on Demand
• It is a application which is launched in order to provide doctors
digitally on the mobile or laptops of patients.
• The technology is currently leaded by Hill Ferguson, who is the
CEO of “Doctor on Demand” application (DoctoronDemand,
2020a).
• There is not just the application of this technology, it also has a
website where the basic details of the technology and about the
company and employees organizing it is provided
(DoctoronDemand, 2020).

• The functioning of “Doctor on Demand” Technology is specified in above image.
• It describes that a patient can connect with the doctor through video call or phone
call.
• The mentioned medial information about the patient needed to be shared by each
patient so that doctor can understand complete condition of the patient.

Doctors on Demand-Functioning
• The technology is based on concept of use of application in
mobile phones.
• On the other hand people can also use this technology on
their laptop by using video calling from their electronic
devices (Google Play, 2020).
• In the application the patient first needed to provide their
basic personal details and information about their medical
history.
• Then the patients can search among various doctors,

Continued
• The patient then chose one doctor and connect with him or her through video or
phone call.
• They must discuss the disease or pain, then on the basis of the prescribed treatment
the patient can choose among available pharmacies to import required medicines.
• In this manner application also always patients to import prescribed medicines by
the doctor.
• In the mentioned link the basic information about the technology and its functioning
is mentioned by the CEO and other officials of the application (YouTube, 2016).
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www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=21&v=iaoAnNikL9k&feature=emb_title

Impact on Healthcare System
• There are multiple impact of “Doctor on Demand” technology on
healthcare system worldwide.
• The process of consulting a doctor and purchasing prescribed
medicines can become smooth, cost effective and less time consuming.
• Patients can choose among various doctors according to their
expertise, even beyond their region or areas (DoctoronDemand, 2020).
• The doctors can also treat patient without actually getting involved
with them physically, which can reduce bacteria, virus, etc to spread in
doctor, nurses or other patients.

The above mentioned image describes the scope of “Doctor
on Demand” technology, which tries to benefit each section of
the community (DoctoronDemand, 2020).

Impact on Healthcare System
• There are many types of impact of “Doctor on Demand”
technology. Some of the positive impacts are already
mentioned.
• Some of the negative impacts can be:
• Bad internet or in case of no internet the application cannot be
used, which is not possible in case of serious situations, or
epidemics (Hudon, Chouinard, Lambert, & Diadiou, 2017).
• Doctors cannot completely monitor or check the symptoms of
the patients, as many symptoms can be checked by touching
the patient.

Personal Opinion
• Technological use in healthcare sector in the right manner can help doctors
and patients in multiple ways, however it still in initial stage.
• It is good but up to some extent where the disease is not that crucial
(Hegarty, Amoore, & Blackett, 2017).
• Doctor on Demand application can help in sneezing, fevers, minor pains, etc.
• In major situation this technology is of no use.
• However when it is looked from use of technology point of view then it can
be said that many technological advancement in healthcare sectors can help
in curing or treating crucial diseases as well.

• Technology in healthcare can bring wonders in the treatment
of patients (Hudon, Chouinard, Lambert, & Diadiou, 2017).
• Impact of Doctor on Demand technology can also be
considered as the evolution of healthcare system.