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Using Technology in Healthcare

How healthcare is being transformed by technology

By Olivia PictonPublished 5 years ago 3 min read

Technology has impacted various industries, from classrooms to courtrooms, in numerous ways. It has introduced a new way of handling respective responsibilities in the workplace. The healthcare industry is also among those that have benefited from technological evolution too. Medical technology advancement has been at the forefront, helping physicians to perform better diagnoses and administering the right treatment to patients. It has made it possible for doctors and nurses to save a life without having to go through numerous tests. This has also helped in ensuring that the overall life has been improving since the introduction of technology in the healthcare industry.

Ease of Workflow

AR technology has made it easy for doctors to perform surgeries and other diagnoses. With this technology, doctors use the overhead display to view the body from a different angle and have a computerized input on the problem. Therefore, it becomes easier for caregivers to identify various hidden issues, including the microorganisms that cannot be seen with naked eyes.

Additionally, another sector in the healthcare industry that profits from the introduction of technology is the billing and coding sector. Medical bills and codes are time-consuming, especially when you are doing it manually. However, the introduction of medical technology has helped caregivers to relax as everything is done electronically without having to handle a lot of paperwork. Additionally, this makes it easy for doctors and nurses to access a patient’s records, hence making it easy to monitor progress even when a patient does not meet with the same physician. This, in return, has been helpful in increasing efficiency, productivity, and flexibility of work.

Personalized Treatment

Although several patients can experience a similar problem, their treatment can vary based on several factors. With the involvement of technology, it’s easy for patients to experience a personalized treatment that is effective and directly linked to them. A person can share specific information on any digitalized platform and access various information that will highlight their health progress. It also gives you a platform where you not only learn more about your condition but also how to deal with it and lead a healthy lifestyle.

Information Technology in Healthcare

Today as a patient, you don’t have to wait until it is too late to identify what you are going through. With the increasing number of smartphones, tablets, and other electronic gadgets, handling medical issues is quite simple. Medical technologies allow patients to connect with doctors through telecommunications. This makes it possible for patients to monitor their health progress without going through numerous hustles of booking appointments. It also saves them time and money they would have used to go where the doctor is for diagnosis and treatment.

Additionally, this technology helps physicians to find more information on a particular condition. Therefore, they will administer a treatment that has been tested and proven to work for a particular condition without fail.

Improves Public Health

With digitized health records EHRs, it is easy for clinical researchers to find data based on real patients to advance their medical knowledge. These researches can distinguish between disease development and outbreaks, hence making it easy for people to prepare before the disaster falls on them.

Reduces Healthcare Costs

Obtaining competitive healthcare services is costly and only affordable for patients with money. However, after the introduction of healthcare technology, this has been resolved significantly. Regardless of how long it takes to go back to the doctor, it is always known where the patient went, what they did, among other things’ as far as treatment is concerned. However, this technology is here to reverse the issues. You will not have to pay for the same tests, especially when you had paid for it previously.

Medical data is very critical, and it requires to be handled with a lot of care. Any simple mistake can lead to losing life as well as license cancellation to a physician. Therefore, using technology will not only guarantee that lives are saved but will also safeguard the physician’s life and family.

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