Here’s How Healthcare Technologies Will Disrupt Patient Care

Though elderly and senior citizens have been given full-time healthcare with the help of cutting-edge technologies & smartphones for a long time. But, COVID-19 has brought the healthcare industry to a crossroads, making everything necessary. Many organizations have come up with creative & successful approaches to serve the population by providing the best medical facility or the healthcare they need with the help of technology. The worldwide home healthcare market is anticipated to grow with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.9% from 2020 to 2027. The approach of modern advancements has driven and is driving the growth of various industries. And one such is the healthcare industry. With the rise of technology, we see the beginning of a new era of healthcare industry digitalization. Technology can drive the evolved ecosystem of home and healthcare. Both service providers (hospitals, clinics) and patients are leveraging it to ease the workflow, therapeutic or diagnosis tasks, scheduling appointments, payment modes, health monitoring, self-evaluation, and so on.

Leveraging Technology for Healthcare

So, let’s dig deep into checking the various forms of technology helping health care;

Smart Remote Patient Monitoring Applications

Remote patient monitoring (RPM) applications help in tracking patients’ well-being. It enables doctors, caregivers, patients, and their families to track healthcare needs, reduce risks, and maintain regular doctor visits. For example, measuring BP, glucose level, heart rate monitoring, oxygen saturation, number of steps walked, and a regular diet, weight, or sleep check. The innovative RPM applications can easily connect to your smartphones or wearables like fitness bands to regularly check every patient’s activities.

Biomedical Computing

The application of computer science in medicine is known as biomedical computing. Medical data management, medical imaging systems, innovative user interfaces for medical professionals, remote monitoring systems, medical diagnostics, scientific visualizations, and other computer-aided medical solutions are all part of the process. Machine learning models for cancer diagnosis and grading, predicting biomarkers, and expediting drug discovery procedures are examples of sophisticated biomedical computer applications. For instance, Seg3D, a volume segmentation, and processing tool enable segmentation and contouring to plan difficult procedures.

Real-Time Monitoring with Big Data Collection

Big data collection engages patients with a faster and correct diagnosis and customized treatment, allows consultation, improves surgical workflow, and more informed decision-making in real-time. On the other hand, at the business level, it helps you better understand how to respond and treat patients but also diminishes costs & simplifies internal operations. Tools like electronic medical records (EMR) & electronic health records (EHR) collect, store, share and analyze patients’ data in real-time. These tools even observe patients regularly and report if any suspicious activity gets recorded.

Integration of Blockchain Technology

Blockchain, also known as digital ledger technology (DLT), can store patients’ data in a transparent, decentralized, & protected manner. It can securely encode data such as medical records & intuitively update it across multiple locations avoiding constant data breaches. It maintains medical data privacy, providing critical access to patients, doctors, and healthcare providers to share or look at the same information rapidly and securely. The technology helps reduce human errors in patient documentation resulting from conflicting data among medical practitioners.

Forecasting Health

It is critical to have accurate information while providing care, products, and services to those in need. Many devices now collect health data, including home assistants, fitness bands, health and sleep trackers, diabetes monitors, and other disease-specific apps. On the other hand, predicting and preparing for a condition necessitates trustworthy data and adequate analytical techniques. Extreme occurrences put a healthcare system’s efficiency to the test. Not all typical forecasting techniques (for example, analytics models based on historical data) can be used. The HealthTech systems require probabilistic health forecasting approaches to prepare institutions with information, finance, resources, pharmaceuticals, equipment, and personnel to respond to any unforeseen incident with the least amount of lag.

AI-Assisted Care

Staffing shortage was one of the short backs the healthcare community saw post-COVID. Resulting from this staffing shortage hospitals took to caring for patients using AI-assisted programs. This technology has addressed issues such as gaps in information, uncovering insights and, assisted in making better clinical decisions. It is even used to establish prominence in predicting or identifying at-risk patients. It facilitates proactive interventions that prevent unplanned intensive care unit admissions in the long run.

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Final Thoughts

16% of the American population of 65 years old or older seek healthcare at home. And figures are expected to reach 22% by 2050. The medical system isn’t built to keep people healthy; doctors and medicines are used to treat you. At the same time, technology tries to bridge that gap and disrupt the medical care industry by focusing on preventative care. For instance, wearables (such as Apple Watch) address this system design problem (the gap) and prevent ailments by giving proactive warnings. Apple Watch is a huge game-changer in that realm today. If your heart rate remains above the limit, it will warn and notify you. What you do about that warning is what makes the difference. Essentially, the slogan of technology-based innovation in healthcare should read – ‘ Help us, help you.’ The healthcare industry has come a long way thanks to advanced technologies. From keeping up with patient data to improved workflow efficiency to consultancy, digital transformation in the healthcare industry has enhanced the experience for patients and medical experts. We help healthcare businesses realize these design demands and help serve the community better with scaleable designs and development for mobile and web applications.