The Covid-19 Pandemic has taught us not to take our health and hygiene lightly. Due to this people have started paying more attention to themselves and others around them. This isn’t always easy, especially during the pandemic when the whole world is closed and healthcare isn’t properly accessible to all. That’s when technology comes in and lends its helping hand.
Much research has shown the importance and benefit of including technology in healthcare, not just in healthcare sectors but for common people as well. The covid-19 pandemic has jolted the healthcare sector and made it more affordable, accessible and efficient with the help of technology.
Merging of technology and healthcare
The two most important prospects of technology are Machine learning and Artificial Intelligence. The progression of healthcare has been increased dramatically by them and the healthcare sector is evolving. The merger of technology and healthcare brought forth many intriguing aspects like predictive analysis, telemedicine, Augment Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR).
Predictive analysis in healthcare
Predictive analysis helps the medical staff to make quick judgements and effectively save several lives, therefore, wasting no time and bringing patients to full recovery. Predictive analysis helps the medical staff to possible predict the patient’s reaction and side effects of a certain medicine, its dosage or with treatment. Technology can also help us predict and catch diseases or infections early on by remotely monitoring their vital function and it also helps in understanding how a person’s organs behave due to not taking preventive measures.
There are many software and devices available that can help in tracking and monitoring people’s condition and help warn them about possible health complications even before it starts.
Predictive analysis using Artificial Intelligence
Ochsner Health System is a non-profit US-based academic healthcare system which is operating in Louisiana and is the largest as of 2021. The doctors there use an AI tool to predict when a patient might have a heart attack or respiratory failure. Many experts believe that there might come a time when predictive analysis will defeat the need for hospitalization at all.
AI Technology significantly reduces the burden of compiling a huge amount of data and trying to find relevant info to help patients. Data like medical history, lab reports and lab imaging, AI is capable of solving a lot of time for the doctor and the patients by analyzing the given data and giving accurate results which in turn will help the patient get better treatment.
Role of Telemedicine
Telemedicine is an important part of technology in healthcare, it connects rural people who can’t get proper healthcare to get a quality check-ups with doctors who are far away from them. It helps to fill the geographical and economic gap.
Health insurance has always been a problem for people who can’t choose or get proper healthcare insurance but with technology, it has become easily accessible and affordable. All the information is available at their fingertips.
Technology improving people’s lives
Technology has not only made healthcare infrastructure more accurate but also generated employment opportunities. This relationship has brought much additional help in the lives of the people like wearable devices for keeping track of their health like a smartwatch. This could only be possible with the help of engineers, doctors, communication channels and their expertise.
Much new research has shown that the relationship between patients and doctors have been improved dramatically. The reason is simple, technology is improving its changing people’s lives in ways that previously were thought unimaginable. It has enhanced the experience of both patients and doctors and helped them develop trust between themselves and overcome challenges together.
Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) – Technological advancement in the healthcare
Lastly, with the addition of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) the ways of making medicine, genome sequencing, nanotechnology and operating on patients has been completely changed, these are just some of the examples of medical and technological advancement in the healthcare department. VR and AR are being used to teach medical students would be as surgeons. With the rate at which technology is advancing it won’t be long before doctors would be able to treat incurable diseases like HIV, AIDS and cancer and in the future, we’ll be ahead of epidemics and endemics like Ebola and Covid-19 with the help of technology and healthcare.
Investments to Improve Indian healthcare
In India, the public and private sectors have seen a lot of investments to improve healthcare infrastructure. The Indian government has created more than 1,50,000 health and wellness centers to combat the diverse needs. India is in a better position than many countries and its vast investment is only going to increase our growth potential.
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