Thursday, March 5, 2015

Technology Affecting Health Care

The new innovations have helped save many lives in the medical field. According to healthcarebuisnesstech.com, a website dealing with health care news and insights, it talks about all of the positive inventions people have created to improve the medical field like different types of equipment, MRI machines, prosthetic limbs, and many more. Because of the continuous development of technology, it has benefitted many people throughout the world.

                                                                       Source: www.fromdoctor.com

Q: How has electronic medical records or apps through smart phones help doctors?
A: By having medical technology through smart phones, it allows doctors to have access to any information they need within seconds like drug information, allergies, medicine records, and studies. Since doctors are able to carry these smart phones with them in a pocket, they aren’t too far from the information they need. In addition, there are certain apps that you can get on your phone. These apps can help you maintain a healthy lifestyle by monitoring your heart rate, sleep, exercise, and other things as well.


Q: What has the medical technology field done to help make surgeries easier on patients?
A: The medical field has created robotic surgeries. What these machines do is sometimes, the doctor doesn’t even have to be in the room when surgery is being performed. Surgeons can operate from their home, controling what the robot is doing to the person. In fact, this robot produces less scarring and less recovery time than a regular surgery! Instead of having patients travel a long distance to get to the facility, some surgeries allow them to go to a local clinic or hospital. This robot provides huge advantages for making surgery easier for patients.


Q: What has the law done to try and protect patient’s information?
A: The rules have also adjusted to fit the needs of technology. Regulations and Privacy/Security Acts have tried to keep patients information private from the rest of our digital world. By doing so, we also need to be careful when choosing new health care providers. We should ensure that the company is safe and trustworthy before we invest in their business.

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