There had been a tremendous amount of development in the healthcare industry in the past few decades. Now patients are getting better treatment and facilities while the doctors can run the clinics smoothly and can do the job more easily using the tools provided by technology. Doctors and hospitals are quick to welcome any new technology that is helpful for the treatment of the patient and for better diagnostic. Some advancements in technology made the life of patients easier and simpler. They don’t have to go to the hospital for a report and can collect their reports using electronic media. There are other new advancements that are in the process of being made which might prove to be another milestone.
Providing Medical Counseling on the internet
There are many platforms that offer physicians the chance to give online counseling to patients that need them. Many advanced tools are used by the doctors in those platforms. Generally, the process is simple and starts with you signing up on the website and then you would need to feel your information. The platform would then give you options to tell about your problems and then based on algorithms will select a physician for you. All the physicians are experts there and are allowed to register in the platform as a counselor after verification. There are processes for chatting with the counselor and to set appointments. Generally, the website charges you of a fixed time. In this way, many patients are benefited by the use of technology. This system is helpful for patients that are going through mental stress and needs to talk to someone immediately. Since they can talk virtually with the doctor without having to meet in real life they can be more comfortable to do the counseling session on the website.
Electronic health record
Now due to the advanced use of a database, it is possible to store the information of a patient in a database and not on files and cabinets. This saves valuable time when a doctor needs to access the medical history of a patient. The patients can also check their history from the database and share their files with a physician more easily. The information of a patient is very sensitive and since it’s online in the database, make sure special care is being taken of their information through network security. It is very important to ensure that such sensitive data do not fall into the hands of someone with malicious intent.
Treatment over the phone
Now with the modernization of mobile phones and video call features patients can directly call doctors in case of emergency or if they are in some remote area where it is difficult to find a doctor. The benefits of treatment on the phone cannot be ignored. Telecommunication is very useful for a patient when they are in urgent need. Besides urgency, treatment over the phone reduces the cost of the patient and makes it affordable for people.
AI in medicine industry
Scientists have been trying to develop artificial intelligence and when they are invented they will be very beneficial for the healthcare industry. AI can be used for diagnosis of disease of the patient and also in selecting the best method of treatment. Now we already see the use of complex machines in critical surgery that are very helpful for the surgeon as well. The machines provide stability to the doctors to operate on patients. The use of AI can be endless in the medical industry. AI, when developed would have high research skills and can be used to make a breakthrough in modern medicine. Many tests can be done by AI and risky operations can be performed by AI to reduce the chances of any failure in operation procedure to zero.
The use of technology is rising in the healthcare industry and should continue to do so.
