Innovations in healthcare is becoming paramount in revolutionizing patient engagement, physician time management and improving overall quality of care. It is estimated that over sixty million patients flock to the internet instead of a physician for healthcare related information. Patients now have access to all the information at their fingertips that were once available only to healthcare professionals. Without question technology is having profound impact on the practice of medicine. Let’s explore through this infographic the impact of technology on patient doctor relationship and what what the future beholds.
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A tablet device that can withstand being doused in chlorine has been developed to help medics caring for patients with Ebola.
Designed by technology volunteers and Google, it can be used even wearing gloves and in storms and high humidity. Medecins Sans Frontieres put out a call for an Ebola-proof tablet to help teams record vital patient information. At the height of the current outbreak, doctors were shouting patient notes across fences to avoid contamination. continue reading
Smitha Mundasad – BBC