Currently, there are many institutions that are moving to spread apps and platforms that display all the information about symptoms and other issues to the population. With this, we want to reinforce the goal of not going out to the street, and therefore, not to collapse the health care facilities. These apps are the ones that we will discuss below, with which you can have at your disposal everything associated with the virus, and have quick access to contact in case of emergency.
Support services and emergency
My112 – valid throughout Spain
Call the emergency services number has never been so easy and fast with this app. In collaboration with Movistar, you can add contacts so you can call them instantly in case of urgency, in addition to showing our location in the event that the ambulance has to come to us. The best thing is that this service is of national level, that is to say, serves to all the Spanish Autonomous Communities.
Speak with a doctor and receive advice
MediQuo – chat with doctors 24 hours
This app offers a chat with registered doctors for 24 hours and all days of the week, to perform queries virtual. We can find specialists at all levels, from gynecology to pediatrics, going by nutricionismo, psychology or general medicine. The developers ensure that the response time is quite short, around 2 minutes, time which can be vital to avert spread of the virus.
Ada – self-Diagnosis of the coronavirus
Ada is the name of a virtual assistant we diagnosed the symptoms that we suffer in the moment, whether it is a simple cold, or we are infected by Coronaviruses. With a small questionnaire, Ada will come to the root of the problem, and proposes solutions to resolve the discomfort or if you directly have to go to the emergency room and not waste any more time.
Omnidoctor – video calls with doctors
An app with which you can contact through video calls with registered doctors for consultation health. What has been tried always this project is to avoid saturating the consultations for general medicine, and the current goal is to relieve the emergency by a Coronavirus, making recommendations to address the pathology.
Information of the coronavirus by autonomous communities
Health Answers – test to know if we have coronavirus
It is one of the apps most talked of the moment in Spain. It is a program that already existed previously as a health care worker, but now includes information on the symptoms and recommendations for the virus. In addition, it has a test to find out first hand if we suffer from the diseaseand contact with a health centre via the telephone. The drawback is that it is available only in Andalusia, but there is talk that other Autonomous Communities will follow the idea.
061 CatSalut Respon
An app for our readers in Catalonia. If créeis that suffer symptoms because of the COVID-19, please, contact with this service prior to planting in the emergency room. With the number 061 is incorporated in the app, you have at your disposal an excellent customer service, and thus avoid among all collapse waiting rooms. Have tips to prevent the various viruses and notifications about new alerts, in addition to displaying the pharmacies of 24 hours for the area.
GVA +Salut
This is the official mobile app of the Generalitat Valenciana. As is the case with Health Answers, this service is only available in the Valencia Community, but provides the location of health resources and access to telephone numbers for appointments or to go quickly to the emergency room. In addition, Valencia is one of the areas most affected by the virus, so that now, the value of this app is twofold.
Checks to see if your symptoms are the COVID-19
MilMed – Alexa will tell you if you should go to an emergency room
Is an app has a total compatibility with Alexa, that is to say, thanks to her the speaker smart Amazon will be able to offer health care without having to use the mobile. In this way, sample information, diagnosis and location of facilities close by if it detects that the urgency is greater. As simple as to say ‘Alexa, open doctor virtual’, and the speaker will be our provision in health issues.
Contact with hospitals and private health care
IMED Hospitals
In it, we can reflect all of our information and medical history, so that in case of urgency, the doctors to know first-hand our state of health, whether the hospital is associated to us or not. It is also possible to ask for an appointment for consultations or to receive notices while we are waiting in the waiting room.
MiSalud Quirónprevención
In addition to providing the request for appointments for consultations, it is a complete guide to health and resolution of symptoms, customized for the state of health of each patient. In addition, it contains a news channel in which are discussed the most prominent themes on health, among them, the coronavirus. A app very intuitive and visual, as it could not be otherwise, it is a project worked on by the Group Chiron, of which there are located many hospitals in Madrid.
