Last Mile Towards Efficient Healthcare Delivery in Switzerland: eHealth Enabled Applications Could Speed Up the Care Process.
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A precise and timely care delivery depends on an efficient triage performed by primary care providers and smooth collaboration with other medical specialities In recent years telemedicine gained increasing importance for efficient care delivery It s use however has been limited by legal issues missing digital infrastructures restricted support from health insurances and the digital divide in the population A new era towards eHealth and telemedicine starts with the establishment of national eHealth regulations and laws In Switzerland a nation wide digital infrastructure and electronic health record will be established But appropriate healthcare apps to improve patient care based on this infrastructure remain rare In this paper we present two applications self anamnesis and eMedication assistant for eHealth enabled care delivery which have the potential to speed up diagnosis and treatment