The rise of medical service at home

The Covid-19 pandemic generated a drastic change in the doctor-patient relationship. Due to social distancing and the quick spread of the virus, people have been trying to avoid hospitals or clinics, as they are more vulnerable waiting among dozens of people to be seen by the doctor. This produced a growth of medical service at home, offered by private clinics.

It seems the pandemic has accelerated the use of telemedicine and home-based care and lab testing.

Thanks to home medical service, people can avoid trips to the hospital's emergency department, or spending long hours in waiting rooms full of other patients, running the risk of contracting other diseases.

At-home lab services

In-home lab services is another growing procedure. Private clinics are offering lab test services that can be done at home or wherever you are; like Excelan Clinic, offering clinical analysis Marbella at the comfort of the patient's home, to grant security and personalized medical assistance. Once they have taken the samples, the results are available within 24 hours.
This new method of getting analysis done is very useful for people at higher risk from Coronavirus. Older people and adults of any age who suffer certain medical conditions, such as diabetes, cancer, heart diseases, severe obesity among others, are at increased risks of severe illness from COVID-19.

Other treatments that can be provided at home

Many private clinics are adapting to people's needs due to the pandemic, this is the reason why some treatments (besides clinical analysis) are also able to take place in the patient's home, like IV treatments. Excelan´s medical team has developed an IV rehydration therapy that can be carried out at your home, office or wherever you are staying. Hangover IV drip Marbella is a safe, painless and highly effective treatment that can be administered in 30 minutes.

There are different IV treatments based on the patient's needs, however, beyond the time of administration and the type of treatment, most clinics are making it possible to carry out these therapies at the patient's home.

Pros and Cons of clinical analysis at home

At-home lab testing offers several obvious benefits; people can have multiple tests without having to leave their home, which makes the procedure convenient and private. Especially for those people that are sick or aren't able to drive or travel to a clinic or hospital.

Most times getting your clinical analysis done means having to visit the doctor or laboratory more than once, therefore, at-home lab testing and health care is an excellent way of avoiding the constant coming and going to the hospital; allowing the patient to feel safer and less stressed. Remote-based testing is much more efficient (in that sense), as it accelerates the process and is less risky in terms of spreading COVID-19.

Another positive aspect is people can get their results through their emails or accessing online, within 24 hours, without having to travel. Once the patient gets the results, most clinics follow them by phone or telemedicine to be advised by experts and get the treatment they need, making sure they fully understand their health situation. This is what personalized medicine is about.

On the other hand, a negative aspect of this procedure is that professionals question the possibility of the samples being affected during the transportation to the laboratory. The hard task is to make sure the integrity of the samples will be preserved.

Conclusion

Hopefully in some years from now the medical system will evolve hand in hand with technology. It seems at-home testing and medical care could be the beginning of a new era for medicine. The transition from traditional health care to the hospital-at-home model due to the pandemic is imminent. We are probably witnessing a major change of the medical system, from an old-fashioned to a more technological one.