10 Emerging Healthcare Technologies



Healthcare means provision of health care services for the maintenance of physical and mental health. Health IT industry has changed the way we look at healthcare today. IT has played a major role in accumulating patient data and making use of it in our daily lives. EHR, and EMRs are some of the basic healthcare IT technologies being used today. But what are those emerging technologies that will shape the future.
Let’s look into top 10 technologies that are going to revolutionize the way we look at healthcare IT today. 

1. Live video consulting: Doctors are able to consult with other providers sitting virtually anywhere in the world and can discuss the situation of the patient: details about his/her present condition and treatments, or possibly a surgery if it is required.

2. The intelligent pills: A pill has been created by Philips Research to deliver a specific amount of medication to the patient, for patients who have Crohn’s disease or other digestive disorders. Think about how it can be used in the future. Maybe in future, patients’ with diabetes can use this kind of medication for their Type 1 diabetes.

3. Mobile EHR: With the popular use of Mobile EHR, you can see your lab test results or you can even send a text message to your doctor. By using a mere application in the future you will be able to do a whole lot more. Your Mobile EHR also allows you to schedule appointment with your doctor. So, this emerging technology will be the most common thing to be used in the future.

4. Eyeborgs: Emerging technologies are making cyborgs who will bridge the gap between the unknown senses and the newly created ones. Take the example of an Artist Neil Harbisson who is a cyborg. He can hear a symphony of color, and even has the ability to listen to faces and paintings. Harbisson was born completely color blind, but these days a device attached to his head turns color into audible frequencies.

5. Bionic eye: The technology named as artificial retina will transform the healthcare industry for the blind. The device is essentially sheet of electrodes that are implanted in the eye. The patient with his/her specialized glasses with a camera and video processor attached to it can see when the visual signals bypass the damaged part of the brain.

6. Smart lens: What if Glaucoma is detected by a contact lens? Well, it is possible. Sensimed has made a contact lens with a microchip in it which monitors intraocular pressure allowing the patient’s glaucomic symptoms to be detected in a day, just by wearing it.

7. Artificial Pancreas: Massachusetts General Hospital and Boston University have created artificial pancreas for diabetic patients. The trend will continue and you will see healthcare IT taking new strides into making the artificial into the new real.

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