Portea Medical partners Physitrack to give patients access to video consultations

Portea Medical, India’s leading home healthcare provider has launched a new project in collaboration with PhysiTrack- a patient engagement solution company to enable patients to have video consultations.

Under the initiative, Portea Medical’s physiotherapy patients around India can access customized video-based exercise programs prescribed by Portea physiotherapists, educational content, clinical questionnaires, as well as consult with Portea physiotherapists via their smartphone, tablet or computer through the Portea App which been integrated with PhysiApp from PhysiTrack.

The video based results enable the physiotherapists to provide more precise and detailed care in real-time using the outcome measurements.

“Ensuring our patients to heal quickly and completely in comfort of their homes, is a key area of focus for us at Portea Medical. The collaboration with PhysiTrack will help to better the health outcomes for our patients.The integration between Portea’s EMR and PhysiTrack means our physiotherapists can provide remote support when required. It also ensures data integrity between two platforms” said Runnam Mehta,Business Manager, Medical Services at Portea Medical.

“Innovation plays a key role in how Portea delivers healthcare and partnership expands our digital health initiatives,” she further added.

Marijn Kortekaas, Partner and Program Director Asia Pacific at Physitrack, said in a statement: “Portea’s holistic approach around improving patient outcomes and creating a more efficient workflow for its physiotherapists is truly ground-breaking. In addition to rolling out digital home exercise provision, patient education and outcomes reporting, delivered via our integrated Telehealth feature, Portea also integrated its EMR system with PhysiTrack to create significant time-savings for its physiotherapists. We are very excited to be partnering with Portea on this project.”