Today, you can order anything on demand, from food to taxis to personal trainers and even doctors. While the first three on-demand services have been popular for some time, on-demand consultations with doctors became a thing not so long ago. Telemedicine has attracted lots of interest from clinics, doctors, and patients. In 2020, the global telemedicine market saw revenue of $55.9 billion according to Grand View Research.

1. How to Start with Telehealth
App Development?

2. Highlight key
telemedicine
software features
Define key costs for
app development
and support
Allocate key resources to
develop your telehealth
solution
Find reliable
tech partners
Follow tech and
health regulations
Create a
financial plan

3. How does a
telehealth app work?
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Answer a few
questions regarding
your symptoms
Provide your
medical history
and test results
Choose an
available doctor
Start your video visit
at the scheduled time
Get an in-app
confirmation
Book an
appointment for
a suitable time
Show your
symptoms using
your device’s camera
Describe
your pain
Get a
prescription

4. Telemedicine App
Features for Doctors
Telemedicine App
Features for Patients
Enable doctors to create profiles so patients
can check their education, competencies,
experience, languages spoken, certifications,
accepted insurance, etc.
Doctors should be able to manage their
day-to-day availability and make changes
to their schedules.
You can enable doctors to accept and
reject appointments.
Enable patients to search for healthcare
providers using filters like language, gender,
specialty, insurance provider, and rating.
Patients should be able to browse doctors’
profiles to choose the doctor they like and
book an appointment with them using a
calendar.
Users should be able to sign up and create
a profile by indicating personal
information like name, gender, age, notes
from previous visits, and medical history.

5. Let doctors give patients advice and
recommendations within text messages.
Give doctors an opportunity to get paid
for appointments right in the app.
Doctors should be able to write and send
prescriptions right in the app. Users will appreciate the opportunity to
access and pay their bills right in the app.
Remind users about
upcoming appointments.
Let users rate the doctor and leave a
review after their appointment.
Let doctors have real-time access to
patients’ health history including
medications, diagnoses, and allergies.
Allow users to send health questions to a
doctor and get advice and recommendations
from them within text messages.
Connect patients to doctors for online
consultations via video or voice call.
Let users access doctors in real time
through video and/or audio calls.

6. Overall ~2250 hrs
Telemedicine App
Development Cost
When working with an offshore mobile app development
agency, you can expect to spend around:
UI UX Backend
Mobile DevOps QA
210 hrs
900 hrs 70 hrs 90 hrs
170 hrs 810 hrs

7. How to Monetize
Telemedicine Apps
Pay per consultation
Franchising Software as a service
Membership/Subscription
(can relate to consultation duration, specialist, etc.)
(a product can be distributed as a franchise) (provide the software product in the form of
a service to medical establishments)
(monthly payment for doctors and/or patients)
The Tele Doctoral program by the Norwegian
Telenor Group uses this model and charges
$0.08 per minute.
It is possible to offer a software product
overseas if the local market has a lot of
competition). An example is SkyHealth, which
sells its franchise for $3,000.
Myca Nutrition utilizes this approach and
distributes its product in other countries.
For example, Doctor-on-Demand SaaS
charges around $1 per employee, per month.

8. Contact us
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