The use of technology is constantly changing the world. The touch of technology is making life easier and more comfortable than in the past. The use of technology especially in medicine has made healthcare more complex and hassle-free than ever before.
Through the use of technology and information technology in healthcare, many types of diseases and symptoms are being predicted. Due to which the patients can know details about the disease before it takes a complicated form. Even before the disease occurs, the cause and source of the disease is being understood. Due to which the patients can easily get cured through treatment before reaching the critical condition. The patient can return to his normal life through quick recovery.
Due to the spread of advanced technology in healthcare, now patients can easily take the help of the latest medical methods in the world. In today’s world, a bright example of how widely technology, especially information technology, is being used in public healthcare can be the provision of healthcare during Covid. At that time, due to the lockdown and to maintain social distance, people were forced to stay at home for a long time. However, thanks to technology, it is possible for them to easily access healthcare while being confined at home. With the help of various mobile apps, patients have been able to get medical advice from specialist doctors for various diseases at home. Through this, during the Covid period, the hospitals did not face additional pressure on the non-Covid patients. As a result, hospitals can easily devote almost all of their limited medical infrastructure to treating patients with Covid.
The Covid experience also shows that the widespread use of information technology in healthcare has improved communication between patients and doctors-hospital authorities. With the use of information and communication technology, especially apps with video calling facilities, specialist doctors have been able to easily keep track of their patients remotely. Which makes it easier to give them medical advice.
With the use of information and communication technology, the distance between the patient and the doctor has even crossed the borderline. Doctors are able to know the latest situation about the condition of the patient who is thousands of kilometers away from one country to another country.
Another revolutionary addition of technology to healthcare is the Electronic Health Records or EHR system. Through this it is possible to store almost all types of information of a patient in a digital manner. As a result, wherever the patient is treated by any doctor, all the information related to his past diseases is going to his current doctor. As a result, doctors are able to take treatment measures knowing better about the patient’s disease.
The EHR system stores the complete details of the patient’s prescriptions, his various lab test reports, past surgeries, hospital stay records along with the medications he has taken. By properly implementing this EHR system in the health care of a country, it is possible to bring revolutionary changes in the health care sector of the country. A shining example of this is Japan.
Digital records also enable necessary communication and coordination between doctors and lab technicians treating a patient. Through this, it is possible to save on medical expenses by reducing unnecessary medical tests and also reduce medical negligence. With the implementation of EHR system, the diagnosis of a patient is possible in less time, and it is also easy to maintain the records of various stages of their disease and treatment. This approach makes the life of patients easier by simplifying the treatment of healthcare workers and reducing their error rate.
In the present time, unprecedented development is being made in medical science. New inventions are constantly happening. And these require a suitable infrastructure to hold large amounts of data. In this case, big data has come as a blessing. With big data, healthcare workers can easily store a large amount of information in a short period of time. Cloud storage method is used to store large amount of data simultaneously. By storing information, healthcare professionals can easily collect information about the development of new technologies in medical care, and apply that knowledge to patients as needed. Analysts can study various diseases, symptoms and causative agents and predict possible epidemics. Besides, you can tell about the ways to prevent the outbreak of these epidemics.
Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning are revolutionizing almost all sectors of the world, including the healthcare sector. Artificial intelligence (AI) is going to bring revolutionary changes in healthcare. Artificial intelligence has started to be used in every step of the healthcare sector, from drug and vaccine research to manufacturing, diagnosis and treatment. Through this, the overall efficiency of the healthcare sector is increasing.
By providing more detailed information about the structure of the disease, artificial intelligence can predict its future spread. This makes it easier to take action against the disease.
Artificial intelligence is able to better analyze medical imaging data using its advanced algorithms. Through this, it is possible to detect deadly diseases like cancer at an early stage, at a much lower cost than conventional methods.
Thus millions of patients are benefited by getting early warning about the symptoms of cancer and other complex diseases. In this, the doctors get valuable time to treat the patient. As a result, the survival rate of patients is increasing.
The research and manufacturing sector of drugs and vaccines is directly benefiting from the application of artificial intelligence. The application of artificial intelligence in research, especially in the pharmaceutical sector, is expected to bring about a revolutionary change. Through big data and artificial intelligence, pharmaceutical companies are able to develop new drugs and vaccines in less time, less cost and less labor than before. Through this, it is possible to reduce the cost of medicines by saving huge amount of money.
