BENEFITS OF TECHNOLOGY IN HEALTHCARE

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Our ability to store, share and analyze health information is directly tied to improved technology. The use of technology increases provider capabilities and patient access while improving the quality of life for some patients and saving the lives of others.

Big Data and the Cloud:

Often considered to be the buzzword of the current digital age, big data in the health care industry is somewhat intertwined with electronic health records. In other words, this term refers to a huge quantity of data that we can collect, process, and use for analytics.

Analysis of big data by experts provides a multitude of healthcare benefits including

  • Developing new drugs and treatments
  • Improving efficiency and quality of care
  • Reducing healthcare waste
  • Improving the quality of life
  • Avoiding preventable deaths
  • Reducing healthcare cost
  • Predicting epidemic

Information and Communication Technology:

  • Information and communication technology (ICT) has created a thrilling opportunity to link healthcare professionals to their patients like never before.
  • So as to share information, the healthcare industry now makes extensive use of smartphones, email, telemonitoring, and telemedicine systems.
  • These technologies are especially useful while delivering healthcare in rural areas suffering due to the lack of specialists and facilities.

Mobile App Technology:

As all of you know, these days, there is an app for almost everything. In terms of the development of mobile applications, healthcare is one of the fastest-growing markets. The mobile apps are designed to offer greater flexibility to patients as well as all parties involved in the delivery of medical care. Some of the areas where mobile health facilities are extremely useful are chronic care management, diagnostics, medication management, medical reference, mental health, fitness and weight loss, etc. 

 

 

 

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