Technology is changing healthcare and the way people are taking care of themselves. Clinicians and wellness professionals are adopting smart phones and tablets at higher rates than are the general public. The old way of treating patients is changing because of technological changes as well as cuts in reimbursement and the future uncertainty of where healthcare is headed. Patients and consumers are going to be more and more responsible for their own health and wellness. Technology will help close the gaps that have been in the industry for decades that have been difficult to fill between health/wellness professionals and their consumers.
From physical therapists using iGoniometer apps on their iPads to fitness professionals planning a personal training schedule via iPhones, health and wellness professionals are adopting technology as a very important tool in the treatment of their consumers. A recent study has shown that 30% of physicians use tablet devices compared to just 5% of U.S. consumers. This same study shows that the trends will increase dramatically over the next few years as more and more health applications are developed and the Cloud continues to grow. Adoption rates are higher in the healthcare industry than most other industries. There is now no reason to invest in a $10,000 software program to make your business more efficient and offer better service for your patients or consumers whenever you can download the latest app for $5.99.
These enormous advances in technology couldn’t come at a better time. The talk of the country for the last couple of years has been, what is going to happen in the healthcare industry? Obamacare has been passed but no one really knows what that means. We do know that patients are going to be more responsible for their own health than ever before. Technology will help fill many of the gaps that patients and consumers have to deal with in the past not knowing exactly what they are suppose to do to take care of their health. Clinicians and wellness professionals can now give patients a “path to run on” by utilizing technology to set up plans for them to take care of their health.
There is still a very large gap that exists in the market that hasn’t been filled but technology advances will be able to close that gap. Patients and consumers are faced with the challenge of recovering from injuries or starting their own personal training programs laid out before them by their clinicians or fitness instructors. One of those challenges, what type of products they need to support their treatment plans. In the past, professionals recommend products to their consumers and then they are on their own to figure out how to choose the right products from the hundreds of thousands of products on the market. This is a very difficult task for consumers as they are usually not educated on products and have a difficult time choosing or locating the right products.
For the first time ever, TherFit will be closing this gap between the patient and the professional. TherFit allows the clinicians to be part of this equipment and supplies selection process by utilizing their technology to find the correct products for the patients and consumers. Professionals can now recommend the products, help the consumer select the correct products in the clinic, and deliver products directly to them without the stress of patients having to do it on their own. Not only will this benefit the patients and consumers but it will allow the professionals to select the best products as part of their treatment and wellness plans. From therapy bands to treadmills, professionals can now offer just about every product that their clients could ever need to recover from injuries, become more independent, lose weight, etc.
TherFit offers complete retailing solutions for clinicians and wellness professionals that consumer will appreciate since product selection in this industry is not an easy task. For more information about the program, visit www.TherFit.com .
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