Click your way to a doctor with mobile apps

The healthcare sector is undergoing a revolutionary transformation where medical solutions are being made available to patients just anywhere -- and in real time -- on their phones. A flood of healthcare mobile phone applications, or apps, have made it simpler for the patients to seek care. Avinash Kapoor, an executive with a multinational company, was holidaying in the hills when he suddenly had a bout of anxiety. What made it worse for Avinash was that he was completely isolated in a godforsaken place with no health centre nearby. He picked up his mobile phone and a specialist was available to guide him out of the situation. Technology is changing the dynamics of the healthcare industry which is growing at a rapid pace of 17 percent per year to expand to $160 billion by 2017. Health mobile applications have become a key tool of taking the care to the hands of people.