Dasani
Discussion 1 needs response and reference?
1. In your own words, describe how technology is changing or will change the healthcare industry.?
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Technology will change the healthcare industry in many ways. As technology evolves, healthcare and life evolve as well. Technology allows for healthcare to be more interactive and allows for more options. While there are some positives to a changing healthcare, there are also some negatives. There will be a better number of opportunities for people to have as well. The future calls for more innovation and new information being shared as well as gathered. Healthcare is important because many people need access to it. It is a way for people to get the help they need. Technology may allow more for people who are in need.
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2. Identify at least 3 technological health innovations from your resources that you found to be particularly interesting. Explain the potential positive and negative impacts of these innovations on society. Negative impacts may include ethical dilemmas posed by the technology.
One of the technological health innovations from this week?s resources that I found particularly interesting was artificial intelligence, also known as AI. Artificial intelligence is when computers and technology can do certain tasks that usually humans would be able to do. It is an interesting topic in general. Some of the positives of AI are ?Disease risk prevention, integration and improvement of workflow, and enhanced scanning and segmentation? (TDC Group, 2019). Some of the negatives of AI are ?Unexplainable results, overreliance, and false positives and negatives? (TDC Group, 2019). Another technological health innovation from this week?s resources that I found particularly that technology will be able to possibly help people who are paralyzed (Mesk?, 2019). Using implant technology is how technology will be able to do this. Positives of this type of technology would occur is the fact that many people in the world are paralyzed and the procedure of implanting would change a person?s life forever. The negatives are the process seems expensive and there does not?look like there is enough data and information on this topic. Another technological health innovation that I found interesting was 3D printing. This type of printing is extremely popular and a technology that is used by many organizations and people. In the future, 3D printing will be able to make prosthetics for people who are in need (Mesk?, 2020). Positives of 3D printing are that in the health care world it will help, and it is cost effective. A negative of 3D printing in health care for the future will be accessibility.
Dasani Rolle
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The Doctors Company (2019, December 16).?Artificial intelligence in healthcare: Benefits and risks.?[Video]. YouTube. ?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5ASmVnATc0
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Mesk?, B. (2020, January 1).?Top 10 medical technologies of the future: Ranked!?[Video]. YouTube. ?
Luke
Discussion 1 needs response and reference?
In your own words, describe how technology is changing or will change the healthcare industry.
Technology as a whole is shaping up to change the lives of those in need, from cancers, disease, disabilities, injuries, mental illnesses, and the list goes on. Technology has changed the access to more affordable and accessible healthcare professionals through teleconferencing from the comfort of their own home. Making life easier for both parties, technology has enabled professionals and their patients to easily understand, diagnose, and treat an array of health concerns. Data is available in real-time for doctors treating people with chronic illnesses or elderly people, for example, sending a person?s stats from their phone app directly to the doctor when they take their glucose levels. Technology has also changed how doctors and professionals learn, with technology based learning tools, such as computer guided ?dummies? that are used in learning operating room techniques. The ?dummies? can be coded to have an issue, say a heart malfunction during the surgery, to test the team?s responses, or a team could practice a new innovation using VR technology. Of course, everything needs to be managed ethically and professionally, but the technology has already and will continue to shape and enhance the healthcare industry for decades.
Identify at least 3 technological health innovations from your resources that you found to be particularly interesting. Explain the potential positive and negative impacts of these innovations on society. Negative impacts may include ethical dilemmas posed by the technology.?
1. Virtual Reality (VR) / Mixed Reality?for various reasons. For surgeons, allowing for information to be displayed during surgery right in front of them, that might have life saving information as the field of vision may be enhanced and thus they can see the issue better. Treating phobias, as VR is ?life like? and real size, and education, for medical students with the ability to analyze the human body, or 3d objects without having implications if something goes wrong allowing for more practice and precision.?
i. Medical training
1. Medical Realities
1. Patient Education
1. Robotic Surgery
i. Patient treatment
2. Mental Health & Psychological Therapy
2. Pain Management & Physical Therapy
i. Medical marketing
i. Disease awareness
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1. Prosthetics,?for impared or injured people, who might be in need of an arm or leg, foot or a hand. Over the years, prosthetics have been more achievable financially, and the improved functionality of the robotic limbs are timely for patients. Allowing for those who are impaired to live life as that they once knew or in a new light because of what the prosthetic enables them to do. Through the use of 3D printing, a technology that has seen a vast amount of success, prosthetics have been a widely popular use case.?
a. Allowing for people to recover from injury quicker with a better fitting prosthetic.?
a. Enable people to utilize and work in a new manner.
a. Build confidence between patient and doctors.
a. Working toward making these technologies affordable for everyone in need.?
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1. Health Sensors.?Like wearables that have sensors in them, such as the Apple watch, polar, and others, help to track and record health information for oneself and a healthcare provider.?
? Pulse Oximeter, Blood Oxygen Levels – The device sends rays of light that pass through the blood, in a thin part of the skin, and monitors the saturation of blood.?
? Heart Rate, allowing for patients to track their heart rate during the day, during strenuous exercise, and during sleep.?
? Sleep tracking, tracks one sleep for disturbances, deep sleep tendencies, when you should wake up / go to bed, how much sleep you should get to perform the next day etc.?
All this information that the health sensors collect can be used for doctors and patients to analyze, and provide the best information going forward for a better and healthier lifestyle, and to hopefully prevent future injuries.?
Citations:?
JohnHenning. (2020, May 15).?What are sensors and how are they used in health??Health Works Collective. Retrieved March 21, 2022, from?https://www.healthworkscollective.com/what-are-sensors-and-how-are-they-used-in-health/?
Brennan, S. (2020, April 2).?How technology is changing health care. IT PRO. Retrieved March 21, 2022, from?https://www.itpro.com/marketing-comms/communications/355204/how-technology-is-changing-healthcare?
Top 20 medical technology advances: Medicine in the future. The Medical Futurist. (2020, May 31). Retrieved March 21, 2022, from?https://medicalfuturist.com/20-potential-technological-advances-in-the-future-of-medicine-part-i/?
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