| The advances in the technology and | | | | the patients via internet in a real time situation, |
| pharmaceutical products have resulted in a lot of | | | | thereby eliminating the need of making an office |
| innovations in the healthcare industry. New | | | | visit. This not only saves a lot of time but also |
| medicines are being developed in order to treat, | | | | cuts down on the expenses. With the |
| manage and prevent many diseases and aging | | | | advancements in technology, telemedicine is sure |
| conditions of baby boomer population. Based on | | | | to gain a lot of advantage. It is a growing trend |
| molecular and genetic tests new medical | | | | that will maintain its progress even in the future. |
| treatments and discoveries are being made. The | | | | Robotic surgery is another important aspect of |
| future of healthcare seems to be bright as | | | | future of healthcare sector. In the recent years, |
| advances are being made in the health care | | | | more and more robots have been assisting the |
| technology and more individualized and targeted | | | | surgeons in the operation rooms and this is a |
| tests are being made, which reveal how people | | | | trend that is bound to gain a lot of focus in the |
| respond to different drugs. | | | | coming years. Be it a surgery related to a |
| Future of healthcare will also be impacted by the | | | | prostrate cancer or heart, robotic surgery is an |
| recently started electronic medical records. With | | | | efficient solution. Though highly expensive, the |
| the advancement of technology, the electronic | | | | usage of a robot for a surgery results in a |
| medical records are sure to be affected and | | | | shorter recovery time, since the surgery |
| improved, thereby making the process of | | | | procedure is less invasive. Another surgery that a |
| maintaining the patient related data in a more | | | | robot can efficiently perform is the hysterectomy. |
| enhanced and sophisticated way. Eventually all the | | | | The process of removing the uterus for a wide |
| paper based patient related data will be converted | | | | variety of reasons is known as hysterectomy |
| to electronic medical records, thereby eliminating | | | | and this is one of the surgeries that a robot can |
| the need to maintain paper based records. At | | | | perform very efficiently. Since, most of the |
| present thirty eight percent of the physicians | | | | women do not like the scars, which surface after |
| have made a switch to the electronic medical | | | | the surgery, robotic surgery is the solution for |
| record system and this percentage is expected | | | | them. As the robots perform the surgery with |
| to rise in the near future. | | | | very less invasion, there are very less scars and |
| Telemedicine is another interesting aspect that is | | | | even the recovery time is very short. |
| bound to gain a lot of focus in the future of | | | | The future of healthcare has a lot of potential in |
| healthcare industry. Telemedicine is a process of | | | | discovering alternative medicines, new treatments |
| connecting physicians and patients through | | | | and prevention techniques, etc. The more |
| modern day technology, such as the internet. | | | | common the technology becomes, the less |
| Telemedicine allows the physicians to interact with | | | | expensive will it be. |