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Digital Transformation: The Key To Better Healthcare

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For those who don’t know, digital transformation in healthcare is basically just the positive impact that technology has on healthcare. Some examples would be Telemedicine, artificial intelligence-enabled medical devices, and electronic medical records. It’s basically only innovations that aim to optimize the work of medical professionals by assisting or helping with accessibility.

With the up and coming growth and emergence of medical technology on the rise, deciding which ones are worth investing in is a hassle. Keeping up with digital transformation as a healthcare business can be confusing and overwhelming without the right guidance. It also doesn’t help that adapting in today’s day and age also means becoming more flexible and risk-taking.

 

Digital Healthcare And Its Current State

You wouldn’t want to be caught with your pants down if you’re a medical business studying up on the state of digital transformation. So here is the general gist of the state of digital transformation in healthcare in 2020:

Rise of On-Demand Care

 

The quick pace that the modern age has makes people want things at their convenience. This means they want it on their own time, own choice, and wherever they want it to be. People are busy, and they don’t want to adjust their schedules just because of some pesky medical check-up. People are a lot more mobile now and don’t want to have to wait for hours upon hours to get a check-up in a busy hospital or clinic.

This is why on-demand care exists and is becoming a lot more prominent in bigger medical establishments. People want to be more planned out and systematic so that they don’t waste time, and this saves a lot of time. No more stressing out and losing your cool in a line. With just a swift transaction that can be scheduled online or through a call.

 

Wonders of Artificial Intelligence

 

Artificial Intelligence or AI are not exclusively made for your Amazon Echo or Siri for your apple phone. It is the literal pinnacle of medical innovation, and many investors are eager and willing to invest millions in it. It helps not only the medical professionals but also the patients that are around the AI.

For patients, the AI brings life to many robotic nurses that are prevalent in countries such as Japan. There are also a plethora of AI in the U.S such as Moxi, a friendly hospital droid made to assist nurses with tasks such as fetching and restocking supplies. There are also things such as ChatBots and virtual health assistants that are flooding the internet with the help that it needs.

 

Growth of Wearable Medical Tech and VR

 

There has been a considerable spike in the use and production of wearable medical gadgets throughout the years. Things such as or watches that can keep count of the steps you’ve taken are only the basics. Innovation on watches has increased, and there are now watches that can also track your heartbeat. Some can even track the calories that you’ve burned during a workout.

The same innovation can be said about VR or Virtual Reality. VR used to be a dream in the distant future but is now a gift of the present. VR has been used to treat a plethora of things such as PTSD, anxiety, and in rare cases, even strokes.

VR headsets can also motivate the wearer to exercise since you have to move for the headset to be put to use physically. As such, it’s still under development you can be sure to look forward to further additions and innovations that will be added.

 

This is only a fraction of the potential that digital transformation can do to affect healthcare positively. Knowing where it is currently is important to ensure what is best for your medical establishment. Because of our growing interest in technology, this seed will only continue to grow and blossom.