microphone as a stethoscope), turning the smartphone into a multi-purpose mobile medical equipment that can be used by both patients and clincians. If advanced equipment are required, there might be possibility to leverage on smartphone sensors as simple medical equipment (e.g. Patients can get a quick consultation or access their test results with accompanying clinical comments easily. With the advancement and incorporation of technology into healthcare, it might be possible to do away with physical visits, especially with video or other imaging technology through smartphones. Regardless of the consultation model, today’s world offers a solution which overcomes the flaws of each model: the smartphone.
On the other hand, we have the very real problem of long patient waiting hours just for a few minutes of consultation or the collection of test results. In house visits, the physician’s travelling time slows down the immediacy of care and compromises diagnostic accuracy without the necessary medical equipment (e.g. Nonetheless, both models of consultation have their own disadvantages. In a hospital/clinic, the concentration of medical expertise, equipment and sanitized environment improves the quality of healthcare over house-visits. Such changes have risen out of the necessity for efficiency and improved healthcare. In the developed world, there is a trend of reversal in the mode of medical care of our forefathers: from doctors attending to patients in their homes, to patients consulting doctors in hospitals. Although house-visits do continue to exist today, they are more common in smaller towns or village communities and the very affluent in cities.
In ancient times, physicians made house visits to the sick, often administering medical attention within the comforts of the patient’s home.
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