What is a Health ATM?
What is a Health ATM? Revolutionizing Healthcare Access in the Digital Age.
Health ATMs are machines like Automatic teller machines that are used to conduct pathological and clinical tests. They even dispense free-of-cost medicines and can also connect you with a doctor. It can screen the body of a patient to check weight, height, blood pressure, glucose level, body temperature, and oxygen level. Apart from vital tests, health ATMs can also screen the body for blood tests, urine tests, pregnancy tests, rapid tests (like dengue, malaria, HIV, etc), ECG, etc.
Health ATMs are touch-operated machines that use sensors to measure test readings and provides test results instantly. They also successfully create and store health records of patients. They allow patients to check and access their health records anytime with the help of the Internet. These health ATMs have medical devices embedded in them that conduct various tests and research.
They are usually installed in rural or remote places, to provide top-notch level medical facilities for people staying remotely or far from a place where proper medical facilities are available.
Features of health ATMs
- Health ATMs are installed to automatically screen a patient’s body for various tests and diseases. They use sensors to medically screen the body and provide results instantly.
- Health ATM has a feature that allows patients to have live video consultations with doctors remotely.
- Health ATMs can dispense medicines according to doctor’s prescriptions.
- They can store medical history and medical records of patients. Patients are able to access their records and history through the Internet.
- Health ATMs provide health reports immediately after automatic screening.
- Health ATMs can also provide instant prescriptions.
- Health ATMs can be operated, checked, and managed through mobile with an Internet connection.
- Health ATMs use fingerprint authentication.
Benefits of health ATMs:
- The most important benefit of Health ATMs is that they can conduct various medical and health tests within minutes with effective results.
- Health ATMs can store and record medical records, history, and lab reports of their registered users.
- It provides top-level medical facilities for society.
- Health ATMs make it possible to provide medical services in rural or remote areas with fewer medical and healthcare facilities.
- It provides the benefit of quality medical care regardless of location.
- Telemedicine enables patients to connect virtually with doctors, nurses, or physicians.
- Health ATM dispenses medicines for all diseases free of cost.
- Medical reports are made available to patients and users anytime through Email or mobile app with the help of the Internet.
- Doctors can check, access, and analyze past health records and reports of patients through health ATM.
Health ATMs can provide testing for the following profiles:
- Blood pressure
- Glucose level
- Body temperature
- Oxygen level
- Lipid profile
- Fat %age
- Height, body weight and BMI
- Muscle mass
- Blood report
- Haemoglobin
- Urine test
- Pregnancy test
- Rapid tests (dengue, malaria, HIV, etc)
- ECG.
Yolo Health is a Mumbai-based health tech company which is supplying health ATMs to the government. It has installed health ATMs in Mumbai, Lucknow, Nagpur, Indore, etc.
The machine can check up on over 20 diseases in 15 minutes and treat the patient immediately. It provides world-class medical facilities to remote, rural, and isolated areas. It helps in keeping a check on chronic diseases and provides primary health care and facility of diagnostics in remote or rural areas.
Final words
Health ATMs have proven to bring a revolution in health care. It brings world-class level healthcare services to remote, rural areas by providing facilities for primary health, diagnosis, and treatment for various diseases. With the help of cutting-edge technology, it serves patients and connects them with doctors and health physicians around the globe. In the near future, it will expand its features and serve both rural and urban areas.
