New Technology in Healthcare In his article, orthopedic surgeon Dr. John Morrissey states “New, eye-popping medical technology provides earlier diagnoses, personalized treatments and a breathtaking range of other benefits for both patients and health care professionals.” Morrissey is suggesting that new technology in the health care world can provide a wide variety of benefits for, not only health care workers, but patients as well. New medical technology can help with an infinite amount of things, including diagnostic testing, 3-D printing, and efficiency in the workplace. But while new technology is a remarkable change in health care, there can also be some downsides such as tough decisions for patients and fewer nursing jobs. Keeping this in mind, new technology is a great benefit in the medical field, and while it can help save lives and make health care easier for many, some argue that new medical technology is problematic and can result in failure. Diagnostic testing is a huge category in health care that has been majorly affected by new technology, in both good and bad ways. There are several different types of testing, prenatal and genetic being a couple that have had drastic changes in technology. Thanks to new cell-free DNA (cfDNA) testing, doctors have an improved understanding of the efficiency and restrictions concerning prenatal diagnoses (Lockwood). With enhanced testing, doctors can now detect …show more content…
3-D printing is an exciting improvement in health care. It assists with making orthotics more quickly and more accurately, as well as improving surgical procedures. Using the precise mapping technology of 3-D printing, custom foot supports, categorized under orthotics, has made creating supportive braces a total success (Hochstein). All this is possible since researchers have created a machine that is able to print customized orthotic insoles and companies such as SOLS®
Technological advances enable nurses to provide accurate, timely care for a patient. This is due to the fact that these advances enable doctors and nurses to quickly diagnose, explain and predict the health-illness status of a patient, thus allowing health care professionals to spend less time finding answers, and more time providing quality care. For nurses, this includes spending time with the patient establishing rapport, communication and a trusting relationship for optimum clinical care.
The Creative Destruction of Medicine is a book written by Eric Topol, who is a M.D. He is one of the most top citied researchers in medicine and was named Modern Healthcare’s #1 Most Influential Physician Executive in Healthcare in 2012 (Topol, 2012). This book explains how the future of medicine will change dramatically from what it what was then and how it is now. The book is split into three different parts. Part I is “Setting the Foundation” where it explains where the technology began and how it has changed in the modern day. Part II is “Capturing the Data” explains the different ways that modern day technology can show what is wrong with a patient easier and more convenient than ever before. Part III is “The Impact of Homo Digitus” here
In the article, Healthcare Technology 's Impact on Medical Malpractice, it states that “Technology is a positive development in health care in that it extends the length and improves the quality of life; however, it also has a negative impact on healthcare in the sense that it is causing a rapid increase in healthcare expenditures, and—for healthcare providers—considerably more exposure to liability (McMahon, n.d).” For that reason, healthcare providers are trying to do everything within their power to make sure their new systems are safe and their employees are being properly trained. If systems are not upgraded, then it could possible lead to their systems being hacked because they are not update, secured, or protected. It may make it easier for hackers to break into the system, then the patient’s records are not protected and the HIPAA laws have been broken. Also, if systems are not up to date then this could lead to the office staff not being aware of any new technology rules or laws or if any rules had to be updated or changed. The professional liability underwriting community does not have enough to inspire health care organizations to operate innovative technologies that displays a record of performance by enhancing liability coverage (McMahon,
In the health care industry today, it would be challenging to live in a world without technology. Technology has become a major part of
That is not to say that all advances in technology have been bad many have been for the better of healthcare across the board. A prime example of this would be the mobile phone apps now available that help with patient adherence to their often very complex medication regimen or the ease at which patients can get into contact with their healthcare providers. Unfortunately, there are still some patients that slip past without healthcare providers ever realizing that they may not understand the directions given for their treatment plan or even what is actually causing them to need said treatment. The push to solve that issue shows in itself just how drastically the culture of provider/patient interactions has changed over the years. Reading of how Mrs. Lacks was treated by her physicians was heart wrenching; imagine being “treated” for some disease you don’t understand, in a place that you only know as a place people go to die or acquire other ailments, and in a way that literally makes your skin look like it was being
Over the last 10 years evidence-based practice (EBP) has grown substantially and is changing the nursing care delivered to patients along with the nursing work environment. Nurses are more involved in the decision making process, and are making clinical decisions with better patient outcomes (Good, Fink, Krugman, Oman, & Traditi, 2011). With technology growing at such a fast pace, new and more effective medicines, medical devices, and procedures are developed daily. Digestible sensors that monitor your bodily systems and 3D printing of embryonic stem cells, blood vessels, and sheets of cardiac tissue that actually beat like a real heart, are significantly impacting the future of healthcare (Honigman,
Prenatal tests show the possibility of a child having a genetic disorder, such as Down Syndrome which leads many parents to choose abortion. When it comes to prenatal testing there are many different testing options. Screening tests for example, which are the first tests that are done on the fetus. During the first ten to thirteen weeks of a pregnancy, a woman can get a first trimester screening done. This is an ultrasound and maternal blood test that tests for the genes of Down Syndrome and Trisomy 18. In a first trimester screening, a result of 1/50 means a woman has a 2% chance of having a baby with a chromosome disorder (The Facts on Prenatal Testing). The next testing window is the fifteenth – twentieth week of pregnancy. This is a Quad screening and consists of a maternal blood test the looks for Down Syndrome, Trisomy 1, and neural tube defects in the fetus. In this test there is a 5% false positive rate (The Facts on Prenatal Testing). Lastly, in the screening test options is the anatomy ultrasound, which is done eighteenth-twenty-second weeks into pregnancy. This screening is an ultrasound that assesses for birth defects. Screening tests are non-invasive and therefore leave very few negative impacts on the fetus. The majority of this paper will focus on the more invasive tests, such as diagnostic tests.
Prenatal genetic testing has become one of the largest and most influencial advances in clinical genetics today. "Of the over 4000 genetic traits which have been distinguished to date, more than 300 are identifiable via prenatal genetic testing" (Morris, 1993). Every year, thousands of couples are subjecting their lives to the results of prenatal tests. For some, the information may be a sigh of relief, for others a tear of terror. The psychological effects following a prenatal test can be devastating, leaving the woman with a decision which will affect the rest of her life.
There are several techniques of prenatal screening. The most common is blood testing. It is used to determine the blood type and Rh factor of a mother and the fetus. This is to prevent the complication caused by antigen-antibody reaction of Rh group of the mother and the fetus which may lead to haemolytic anemia. Besides that, blood test is also able to detect some of the blood borne diseases such as HIV, Hepatitis B, C and D and rubella. Ultrasound, on the other hand, can determine the growth and development of a fetus in the amniotic sac. It can detect structural defects such as spinal bifida and anencephaly, congenital heart defects, gastrointestinal and kidney malformations and cleft lip. Furthermore, genetic test is used to determine the chromosome condit...
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Technology is stated as the scientific method and material used to achieve a commercial or industrial objective. To go one step further, nursing technology is using a tool to advance nursing practice. “The Institute of medicine identified that technology as a viable method of enhancing patient care delivery and improving staff productivity” Sensmeier, Horowitz (2003 page). Because inadequate nursing staff causes shortcuts to be taken, there are mistakes made that could have possibly been prevented. Errors by nursing staff were variously reported as being responsible for between 44,000 and 98,000 hospital deaths per year. Sensmeier, Horowitz (2003). Technology can have a large impact on nursing. In the past 5 to 10 years, computerized patient records have increased less than 10%. This number shows us that we are still not embracing technology to its full potential. Today in most hospital systems computerized electronic charting is being used. Many hospitals have many different systems for...
The use of 3D printing for producing complex design, with low volumes, and highly customizable products is already increasing. A aircraft company Boeing currently prints 200 different parts for ten of its aircraft platforms. In health care, we see manufacturers offering printed custom hearing aid earpieces, which are selling more than one million units as per 2011 statistics. In addition to that, more than 40,000 acetabular hip cups (used in hip replacement) have been built using 3D printing. Invisalign, the dental applia...
This article highlights the creative technology and its uses in medicine today. There are examples and comparisons on the useful and destructive ways technology has impacted society. The author speaks directly about the benefits of improved technology in healthcare as well as a wide range of other fields. This source will help support my claims of how medical technology has improved by providing descriptive facts.
The age of the globalisation has gifted mankind of many advancements and enhancements in many aspects or areas. One of the advancements is the technological enhancements in the field of health technologies which is evolving tremendously every minute; but whether this advancements in health technology is in our advantage or disadvantage is entirely a different question. Many disadvantages arises with such advancements as it does with most technologies known to mankind. Our research has yielded some disadvantages of the modern health technology which is illustrated in detail in this report.
...re by these advance and more advanced technology will allow patients to be more aware of the health care delivery and involved. In five years there will be more advancement in health care and as health care advances so will the technology used to delivery it.