Technology in Medicine

Technology is crucial and essential when it comes to the health care organization. The advancement in technology has brought effectiveness in documentation, less medical errors, and improved patient quality care. Every year, breakthroughs of different types of technologies, and new found researches are making a tremendous impact on the medical field. After watching the Intelligent Hospital video on Week 7, I have decided to choose technology in health care for my topic to lobby.

Medical technology encompasses a wide range of healthcare products and is used to diagnose, monitor, and treat diseases or medical conditions that affect humans. This may included but not limited too, pharmaceuticals, vaccines, and medical equipment. Such technologies are intended to improve the quality of healthcare delivered through earlier diagnosis, less invasive treatment options and reductions in hospital stays and rehabilitation times. Recent advances in medical technology have also focused on cost reduction. Medical technology may include medical devices, information technology, biotech, and healthcare services. The impacts of medical technology may involve social and ethical issues. For example physicians may seek objective information from technology rather than listening to subjective patient reports. A major contributor of healthcare expenditure in America is the advancement of medical technology. According to several studies it is shown that there is a correlation between the nation’s gross domestic product (GDP) and money allocated to healthcare. One of the leading theories is that medical technology is growing faster than expected.

Technology in our age today has been emerging, and as the years advance it is certain that it will continue to facilitate the world that we live in on many different scales. In relation to medical care and advancement, technology can be used in many ways to enhance healthcare delivery and patient care. Through technology communication within the interdisciplinary teams of a patient which sometimes involves various specialties, is highly facilitated. Medical records are now easily shared within the team of specialist. For example, records such as specialty doctor's recommendations and laboratory records arrive faster at the primary care physician fingertip. This helps immensely in the providers decision making process for sometimes very time sensitive, lifesaving treatments preferences. Technology also helps to improve health care delivery and patient care because it has played a major role in decreasing the rates of preventable medical errors that are sometimes costly to patient lives. In an article published by the Internatinal Journal of Health

As the cancer continues to spread throughout society, many treatments are creating in order to help the patients during their time in need. Although the most popular and used often

In this paper, I will be discussing the growth in technology in today’s health care system. In healthcare, technology is increasingly playing a role in almost all processes, from patient registration to data monitoring, from lab tests to self-care tools. (Jayanth, 2014) Technology has change health care for the better; it gave stress and pressure employees more opportunities to do their job easier. By having a smart transparent information systems in the health care system, will benefit the organization and the employees at the health care organization.

These days the treatment of cancer has taken all encompassing ways. The doctors can opt for removing the tumors surgically, injecting the chemicals to destroy the cancer cells or utilize the radiation therapy. Various experiments are carried out clinically to aim the cancer cells in a better manner. Though, there are people who promote a different path of treating the cancer, the natural way.

Cardiocom has integrated monitoring services with nurse service providing a turn-key solution for large and small health care systems. Each nurse can monitor and coordinate care of 250+ patients per day at a lower cost compared to the cost of the organization. Cardiocom recently introduced a personal emergency device, not

The evaluation of new technology in today's health care environment has become a very important issue for hospitals and other health care providers. Much has been written in the areas of financial analysis, price negotiation, and acquisition errors. This article addresses issues that hospitals and other health care providers may not have considered in their evaluation of new technology. These issues include: (1) costs currently not included in the evaluation process, (2) consideration of the threat of litigation, (3) use of technology to attract patients and physicians, (4) adjustment of payment rates from payers, (5) evaluation of the physical layout of the facilities surrounding the new technology, and (6) commitment to the process.

Throughout the years technology has had a huge impact on healthcare innovation. Healthcare technology has had great advancements from the past and will continue to advance in the future. The increase in technological advancements has had negative and positive outcomes on hospitals and clinics. These advancements in healthcare industry have enable healthcare to be accessible, affordable, and measurable. Medical technology plays a crucial role in improving the quality of care and saving lives. These technological advancements have also put patients at risk.

In the millennial era, technology is at the forefront of all industries, especially within the healthcare industry. Thrive Healthcare prides itself on technological breakthrough that enhances its ability to provide high quality of care and at an affordable price. Electronic documentation within the Thrive Health connect system, was one of many advancements in the healthcare industry. The idea of convenient charting that can be retrieved instantaneously by any provider across the continuum and is securely stored, was answer to misplaced or damaged charts, allow for better utilization of on-site space by going paperless. Since then Thrive Healthcare has improved and advanced over the years. Since the creation of the

Over the course of many centuries, medical technology has developed to a great extent. Studies show that recent equipment has evolved more in the last ten to twenty years than in the past thousand years. Before human time, people learned to treat themselves by just using natural substances. Now-a-days, our hi-tech systems in the medical field have been created for the most effective tools for a high level of patient care. While they advance the tools, it will then allow for quicker diagnosis, less pain, and fewer costs, which in the end will help save more lives. Some people are accepting that modern technology can buy them more time to live while others might find it quite alarming because they fear

In today’s medical field technology plays a big role when it comes to patient care. Technology is huge when it comes to giving the patient the best type of quality care when they are in the hospital. In the old days people would just write it down on a sheet of paper and record it by hand, which caused mistakes. Now with the Electronic Health Record those mistakes are drastically declining. Statistics have shown that using the Electronic Health Record has lowered Nursing mistakes as well as improved patient care. Our society has progressed through the years and has been introduced with the Electronic Health Record which has drastically improved our health care system. The Electronic Health Record provides great communication between

Without these common drugs nowadays a variety of new techniques and challenges have been placed in the cases of cancer treatment. Some of these are-

Cancer is one of our planets most concerning illnesses at this time. It is the uncontrollable growth and forming of malignant tumours. In 2007, it was said to cause about 13% of all human deaths worldwide (Kleinsmith, Lewis J. M.D). Some cancers may be cured and this depends on certain variables such as the type of cancer, where the cancer is, and how early it has been detected.

One of the first target drugs developed by biomedical engineers was to tackle asthma. Omalizumab first gained approval by the Food and Drug Association in 2004. The highly effective inhaled medication increases the amount of open airways for those who experience asthma due to extreme allergies. By providing relief in the lungs, patients 12 and older report drastic decreases in amounts of coughing, wheezing, and breathlessness (“Health,” 2004).