Technology-Driven Healthcare

Previously deemed as disruptive, technology has now come to drive healthcare and may soon define it.

For centuries, medical care was all at the hands and forceps with nothing but educated intuition to support the men at the center of it all. In over the past few decades, not only has the helplessness of the doctor vanished, but he has in turn become more accurate and effective. One of the major reasons for this is the force with which technology has driven healthcare and now become an inseparable part of the process. Here are some of the features that will drive healthcare for years to come:

Microchip Trials – The trials of new medication or vaccines on innocent animals has stopped since the introduction of microchip trials. The chips help to reconstruct human organs and can easily be tested upon for accurate data.

Tech like Google Glass – While wearable technology is still in its infancy, doctors believe technology like Google glass will eventually come into mainstream healthcare as it helps for better interaction with patients and a better education for learners of their practice.

3D Printing – Tissues, cells, organs, bones, you name it and it has been printed with the use of 3D printing technologies to realize to-scale models of the human body’s various parts. Consequently the study becomes easier.

Optogenetics – While previous studies of the brain were limited to attaching wires to a human being’s head. Technology is enabling doctors to do this by simply concentrating a strobe of light to a particular spot.

Digestible Sensors – Monitoring has become easier. Not only can you check blood pressure, sugar at home, sever diseases can now be monitored by sensors that can be digested like food. These sensors later supply useful data.

Cloud Based Communication – Inevitably as dark as it may sound, everyone needs some form or the other of healthcare. That implies more record keeping and data. Such vast storage can simply not be afforded at every location.

Medical Tourism: Thanks to medical transport companies and international healthcare service providers, patients can now head straight to destinations in any part of the world for cheaper medical care.