How Technology is Changing Healthcare?

| Updated on March 27, 2024

In this modern era, technology is advancing in every aspect of our lives. One of the significant aspects of healthcare, and is also shaping the lives of both healthcare practitioners and patients. It has not only made healthcare facilities more convenient and rapid but also more efficient. For instance, a medical billing company in NJ uses innovative technology to provide real-time data about healthcare practitioners’ operations as well as the billing status of their patients. To adapt to cutting-edge technology, it is essential to get familiar with it, so keep reading.

Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence has influenced the healthcare industry drastically. It has the power to not only create treatment plans for patients but also help in developing drugs for treatment. In addition to this, cancerous and non-cancerous tissue samples can also be diagnosed by AI.

Although several corporations have implemented AI in their healthcare systems, one of the major companies to develop AI is Google’s DeerMind for assessing breast cancer. It has proven to be pretty successful in the diagnosis of breast cancer as compared to human radiologists.

Virtual Reality

Virtual Reality has also contributed to the medical care industry greatly. Both healthcare workers, and patients, are benefiting from this tremendous piece of technology.

Surgeons use VR to practice surgery, and it has shown to be really effective in their practice. Whereas, on the other hand, VR helps patients in distracting them from pain and anxiety after surgery or even during cardiac, neurological, and gastrointestinal pain as they are shown calming visuals.   

3D Printing  

3D printing is relatively economical as compared to the other technologies and yet it is an impeccable feat. It has especially helped patients with dislocated or extremely injured body parts as 3D printing allows the production of customizable prosthetics.

Whereas, for burn victims, this technology has allowed for printing living skin and blood vessels while giving the most realistic appeal possible.

Moreover, 3D-printed drugs are no exception and they have been approved by the FDA. This allows for creating tablets of any size and shape with a certain percentage of different drugs.

Robotics

We have already seen the retail industry using robots, as well as homeowners using them to clean and disinfect their homes. However, robots have also been introduced in the healthcare industry.

Some robots have been used in hospitals as companions for patients, especially children, to alleviate their anxiety and help them recover fast. They can usually be controlled by touch sensors, microphones, and cameras.   

Furthermore, in 2009 the first-ever surgery was performed on a tetraplegic man for an exoskeleton robotic arm that allowed him to use his arm by controlling it through his brain.

Healthcare Trackers

Healthcare trackers have allowed many individuals to track and monitor their health such as heart rate, sleep, and food activity. Although there are numerous smartwatches and smart devices that allow individuals to monitor their health activity, Fitbit is quite ahead in terms of technology in healthcare.

These healthcare trackers also make it easier for the doctors to analyze their patient’s condition and advise a perfect treatment plan to ensure a healthy lifestyle for their patients without any complications.


Priyam Ghosh

Tech and Internet Writer


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