{"id":411,"date":"2019-04-22T18:53:07","date_gmt":"2019-04-22T18:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/ma-biomedicine\/?p=411"},"modified":"2019-04-22T18:53:07","modified_gmt":"2019-04-22T18:53:07","slug":"technological-advancements-in-healthcare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/ma-biomedicine\/2019\/04\/22\/technological-advancements-in-healthcare\/","title":{"rendered":"Technological advancements in healthcare"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/is\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2019\/04\/20180827-Heidi-Byron-002-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-412\" width=\"195\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/ma-biomedicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2019\/04\/20180827-Heidi-Byron-002-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/ma-biomedicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2019\/04\/20180827-Heidi-Byron-002-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/ma-biomedicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2019\/04\/20180827-Heidi-Byron-002-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/ma-biomedicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2019\/04\/20180827-Heidi-Byron-002.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><figcaption> -by Heidi Byron <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The future of healthcare depends on\nthe balance of sacrifices and benefits that come with technological\nadvancements. Technology has ushered in a new era of electronic convenience\nthat consumers are interested in applying to their medical needs. New technology\nalso facilitates medical breakthroughs, while uncured illnesses provide an\ninsatiable drive for technology to develop a cure. With each advance, both\nadministratively and procedurally, time tests the true utility of technology\nand its shortfalls. To predict how healthcare will be transformed by\ntechnology, the usefulness and application of technology in administrative\ninterface and medical procedures must be examined. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Technology has developed medical\nrecord keeping and communication between patient and provider. Electronic\nhealth records were created in the late 20th century to standardize records,\nimprove record quality, streamline efficiency, and increase medical record\ninteroperability. Additionally, patients can interface with their provider from\nacross the globe using facetime or secure messaging. The benefits of such\nadvancements cater to the convenience and efficiency of the modern world, where\ninformation and communication are ubiquitous. Such advances come with several\ntechnological burdens, but among the highest personal costs are security of\npatient personal information and the sacrifice of interpersonal interaction\nbetween patient and provider. These advances point the future of healthcare\ntowards an increasingly efficient and streamlined system that will benefit the\nbusy lifestyles of many and provide more opportunities for patients to connect\nwith their providers electronically. The price will be at the cost of the\nintangible qualities a person receives from a patient-provider relationship. &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyone with a family member\nsuffering from a debilitating disease can attest to the usefulness of\ngroundbreaking medical procedures. Historically however, the practice of\ninnovative medical technology has not been a smooth transition from its genesis\nin the laboratory to clinical application. Ethically and financially, the cost\nof medical advancement can be high. The first patients to receive novel\ntreatment take on an unknown risk, similar to Mr. Washkansky when he received\nthe first heart transplant. Another ethical hurdle arises when the treatment\ncosts allow for only the elite, instead of those who need the treatment most.\nFinancially, the healthcare system can end up funding an expensive, limited\nrescue over an inexpensive, broadly applied prevention. The efficacy of new\nmedical treatments remains beneficial to advancing the medical field and\ntreatment of patients suffering devastating illnesses; however, the future of\ntechnological advances in medicine has the potential of slowly and discretely\nblurring the lines between technology and humanity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the future of medicine unfolds,\ntechnology provides a double-edged sword of noble medical achievements and\npersonal, ethical, and financial cost. Society can expect the arm of healthcare\nto extend through technology, but the patient-provider interpersonal\nrelationship to suffer as treatment takes an electronic shift. Healthcare will\nalso be impacted by the piecemeal integration of groundbreaking treatment that\nwill most likely intercalate into society through those who can afford it.\nInevitably the future of healthcare will be shaped by technology according to\nthe cost society is willing to pay for the technological benefits. &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The future of healthcare depends on the balance of sacrifices and benefits that come with technological advancements. Technology has ushered in a new era of electronic convenience that consumers are interested in applying to their medical needs. New technology also facilitates medical breakthroughs, while uncured illnesses provide an insatiable drive for technology to develop a....<\/p><div> <a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/ma-biomedicine\/2019\/04\/22\/technological-advancements-in-healthcare\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"more-link\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">about Technological advancements in healthcare<\/span><svg class=\"svg-icon\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"img\" focusable=\"false\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path d=\"M0 0h24v24H0z\" fill=\"none\"><\/path><path d=\"M12 4l-1.41 1.41L16.17 11H4v2h12.17l-5.58 5.59L12 20l8-8z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"author":269,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-m-s-biomedicine","category-uncategorized","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/ma-biomedicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/ma-biomedicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/ma-biomedicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/ma-biomedicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/269"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/ma-biomedicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=411"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/ma-biomedicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":413,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/ma-biomedicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411\/revisions\/413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/ma-biomedicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/ma-biomedicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/ma-biomedicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}