TECHNOLOGY IN HEALTH CARE

TECHNOLOGY IN HEALTH CARE

Research Paper

You Must write 8 pages long Research paper(the topic is: “Technology in health care.”) Double spaced font 12 times new roman, the References page are included in that 8 pages. The research must consists of 15 sources, and use APA style including the one mentioned in the outline (outline.doc). You must narrow down the topic, answer and cover the interview questions separately, and guide the development of the paper from there. Complete the descriptive and analytical section of the paper. So to be clear you must use the outline provided to guide the contract of your paper and in the same time answer the questions of the interview as if you were the expert interviewed. So you must give the outline and the Research Paper.

“Technology in health care.”

I.Introduction

 Technology makes health care so much better, having technology means people get treated better and faster.Even though technology is great there are bad things about having technology in health care.

  1.   Thesis question

 How would the health care system be without the use of modern-day technology?

  1. The main key point

   (1)   Technology

  1.     Body

       How technology makes health care better.

      (1) Better treatments and less suffering

  1. They can do this with new machines.
  2. With new medicines.
  3. New treatments.

      (2) Improved patient care and worker efficiency.

  1. Information technology has made patient care safer and more reliable.
  2. Medicine orders are all electronically put into a main database that can be referred to later.
  3. Nurses and doctors use hand-held computers to record a patient’s medical history and check that they are administering the correct treatments.

      (3) Linking doctors with other doctors.

  1. Where doctors can talk to other doctors to treat you to their best of their ability.
  2. It’s a social network for only physicians.

      (4) Software Improves Healthcare and Disease Control

  1. The development of specific software programs means that, the World Health Organization has been able to classify illnesses.
  2. This resource allows medical professionals and researchers to track, retrieve and utilize valuable data in the fight to control disease and provide better healthcare outcomes in general.

III. Body

How technology can treat people faster than other hospitals who do not have technology.

  1. Health records electronic.
  2. Easy to share and transfer patient records.
  3. The patient do not have to carry all his records with him.
  4. Less paperwork and a fewer storage Issue.
  5. Increase the quality of healthcare.
  6.       Remote monitoring tools
  7. When patient monitor health at home they can save money and reduce unnecessary visit of the doctor.
  8. By the end of 2012 almost 3 million of patient were using their monitor health at home.
  9. This health monitor system helps patients from a distance.
  10. You can locate the monitor remote where ever it is in the offices.
  11.    Improve care and efficient.
  12. The use of information has made patient care safer and more reliable in most of the applications.
  13. Nurses and doctor who are working in the front desk are now routinely using hand held computers to record patient illness and share it with their update and medical history.
  14. Being able to see lab result, records and critical patient data.
  15.   Some disadvantages of hospital who do not have technology.
  16.  Hard to control patients information so, if they lost any information it will be hard to get it back.
  17. It would take longer process to find patient illness.
  18. Hard to find the patient medical records.

IIII. body

Bad things about technology in healthcare.

  1. Digital divide among patients.
  1. Some patients still do not have access to smartphone or computer to contact through email.
  2. According to research of hospitals and health networks that the hospital with high percentage of poor patients may will fall behind of developing digital technology.
  3. The safety of Privacy patients
  4. Most of the hospitals requires to many privacy laws.
  5.  Lot of companies are not being strict on medical privacy that maybe will lead to many problems for the patients and their families.
  6. Potential dangers of using technology in healthcare
  7.   Unfriendly user interfaces that stalemate and frustrate physains
  8. Limited applicability of EHRs quality improvements.
  9. The cut and paste marvel of transferring most of the daily notes or orders that is only growing as EHRs becoming more globale.
  10. Interview
  11. Who we are interviewing.
  12. Elizabeth leys she is a registered nurse that works in Richmond Virginia.
  13. Works at a nursing home.
  14. So she deals with long term care.
  15.       Why we are interviewing her.
  16. She works in the health care system.
  17. She uses technology on a daily basis.
  18. Has lot of work experience in the healthcare system
  19. What type of questions will we be asking her in the interview.
  20. How is it working in the healthcare system?
  21. How does technology affect your work?
  22. Do you like having technology in the healthcare system?
  23. What are some of the benefits of having technology in your job?
  24. How does technology make healthcare better?
  25. How can technology treat people faster than if they didn’t have technology?
  26. What are some bad things about having technology in the healthcare system?

            Conclusion

These days technology making big change on health care system. Treating patients illness faster with technology machines. I believe that these types of machines it has technology on it and a lot of buttons to push it it expensive but, it save a lot of  time and treat people faster. Imagine treating the patients without a technology. Those countries who has technology are very lucky because, they can treat their patients faster than those who do not has technology in there hospitals. Also, I think that healthcare improving overtime because of the technology and it is taking a big part on health care system. These hospitals who do not has technology they are suffering to treat patient.

References

    1. https://healthinformatics.uic.edu/resources/articles/3-ways-technology-has-changed-healthcare/
    2. https://www.businessinsider.com/6-ways-technology-is-improving-healthcare-2010-12
    3. https://www.forbes.com/sites/bmoharrisbank/2013/01/24/5-ways-technology-is-transforming-health-care/#6a83843526c5
    4. https://healthinformatics.uic.edu/resources/articles/5-ways-technology-is-improving-health/
    5. https://www.usfhealthonline.com/resources/healthcare/benefits-of-ehr/
    6. https://healthinformatics.uic.edu/resources/articles/3-ways-technology-has-changed-healthcare/
    7. https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-advantages-and-disadvantages-of-medical-technology
    8. Richard Quinn – https://www.the-hospitalist.org/hospitalist/article/121825/potential-dangers-using-technology-healthcare

Answer preview

Technology has advanced over the years. Initially, the use of technology was limited to communication, but over recent years, technology has been incorporated into the healthcare system. Different health organizations employ the use of technological equipment. However, the reliability of equipment is dependent on the make of the machine which, in turn, is dependent on the cost of the equipment (Gao, Li, & Luo, 2015). Expensive equipment tends to be more reliable as opposed to cheap equipment.

Impact of Technology

The effect of technology on individual health cannot be undermined. For one, technology has allowed for ease of accessibility of healthcare services. The application of technology in healthcare is not necessarily limited to the machines that treat individuals. Technology in the form of advancement in the transport system has led to the development of devices like ambulances which are fully stocked with the…

 

 

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