CURRENT HEALTH TECHNOLOGY

PRESENTED BY DOLISHA WARBI

(1st YEAR M.Sc. NURSING)
UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF DR.RAMU K, DEAN OF R.R COLLEGE OF NURSING
 INTRODUCTION:
• In this 2023 there is a goal to strengthen the healthcare industry with
breakthrough discoveries and innovations.
• Current Health enables healthcare organizations to personalize and scale how
they deliver healthcare setting with a single, flexible solution.

• The health technology currently boost the global health, by improving the
health status, increased information and fast immediate treatment.
• The future trends in healthcare technology are expected to bring new mind-
blowing capabilities and strategic that will breakthroughs all the possible
problem.

HEALTH:
ACCORDING TO WHO: "Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social
well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity”.

TECHNOLOGY: technology is the application of knowledge, experience and /

or tolls, resources in response to a human need or want.
 DEFINITION:
HEALTH
. TECHNOLOGY:
The World Health Organization define health technology as the
"application of organized knowledge and skills in the form of
devices, medicines, vaccines, procedures, and systems
developed to solve a health problem and improve quality of
lives".

Current health technology involving the used of different types

of newly invented technology in health care setting to promote
the health care system, make health care provider easy to
articulate the health care and early discharge from hospital.
 CURRENT HEALTH TECHNOLOGY:
Some of the hot healthcare technology trends which is newly
invented include:
NEW AI
APPLICATION TELE - HEALTH
S

3D ELECTRONIC
CURRENT HEALTH
BIOPRINTING HEALTH RECORDS
TECHNOLOGY

MEDICAL INTERNET OF
ROBOTICS & VIRTUAL MEDICAL
EMBEDDED REALITY AND THINGS (IoMT)
DEVICES AUGUMENTE
D REALITY
 1. NEW AI APPLICATIONS :
In the Year 1956: The word "Artificial Intelligence" first
adopted by American Computer scientist John
McCarthy at the Dartmouth Conference.

Recent years there has been a rapid development of artificial

intelligence (AI) technology, and this trend will continue in the
future. Many beneficial derived from AI, medicine mainly applies
it to profound diagnostics and detection of diseases, but it’s not
limited to them.

For example, IBM Watson is one of the AI platforms already

available for business and healthcare (including custom medical
solution).
“IBM offers AI-based cognitive services and software as well as
scalable cloud-based medical data analytics and AI solutions.
Leveraging a robust cloud platform, IBM remains at the forefront
of
. healthcare AI advancements”.

AI can offer healthcare and associated industries and how it

could become the major health tech trend in the future.
In pharmaceutical currently the first drug molecule invented by
AI was patented by a team of British and Japanese scientists in
January 2020 (DSP-1181). The medication was accepted for
human testing and will be used for the treatment of obsessive-
compulsive disorder.
• Late 2021, other promising formulas have also been
discovered as the result of AI-enhanced lab experimenting,
including some potential cures for rare and highly dangerous
diseases

AI APPLICATIONS IN HEALTHCARE
2. TELE-HEALTH:
Telehealth, also known as telemedicine or e-medicine
 TELE-HEALTH:
In 1959, first video communication is used for medical
purposes were clinicians at the University of Nebraska(USA).
It was come in hastened nationwide during the outbreak of
coronavirus (COVID-19).
Telehealth is the use of digital information and communication
technologies to access health care services remotely and
manage the health care.
Technologies can include computers and mobile devices, such
as tablets and smartphones.
Telehealth is a technology that the care provider uses to
improve or support health care services, even in rural areas.
 GOALS:
Its goals include:
• Make health care easier for people who live in communities
that are remote or in the country.
• Offer primary care for many conditions.
• Make services more easily offered or handy for people who
have limited ability to move, time or transportation.
• Offer access to medical specialists.
• Improve communication and coordination of care among
health care team members and a person getting care.
• Offer advice for self-management of health care.
 3) ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS:

EHR is defined as a “longitudinal electronic health record of patient health

information generated by one or more encounters in any care delivery setting”.
 ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS:
Government of India have gain a better idea of the present
condition of India in terms of adoption and Standardization. In
Sep 2010 adoption of EHR in both private and public healthcare
facilities were implemented and became trending.

An Electronic Health Record (EHR) is the current trend in the

healthcare technology, it serve an effectively streamlining the
information process of the patient data.

EHRs contained wide range of patient information, including

medical history, diagnosis, allergies, medications, laboratory
and emergencies resolve treatments, planned, and other health
related information. This is required for improvements the
health of the patients in the hospitals and clinics.
 BENEFITS:
EHRs save space and time by storing client records in the
cloud.
Electronic records create cleaner and better organized work
spaces, promoting better staff morale.
Faster and more accurate documentation, billing and
reporting saves money while leading to more efficient, less
stressed staff.
Both clinicians and clients can easily access health records
from anywhere because data is stored in a private, secured
cloud.
 4) INTERNET OF MEDICAL THINGS (IOMT):

IoMT collects and transmits medical data over a network

 INTERNET OF MEDICAL THINGS (IOMT):

It is the group of internet-connected medical devices, hardware

or software technologies connected through the internet.

COVID-19 pandemic has driven an exponential rise in IoMT

According to Deloitte, there are more than 500,000 IoMT

devices available; some of them were:
Smart beds.
Smart wearables.
Automated temperature readers.
Smart pills – Ingestible sensors or cameras.
Internet-connected inhaler delivery systems.
• It work by collecting data from medical devices and
wearables and transferring it to healthcare providers, such as
doctor and hospitals.

E.g. Of wearable device………..

(Smartwatches, Record the heartbeat,
ECG, blood oxygen levels)
• Monitor patients in real time and provide early warning signs
of potential health problems.
• Enables round-the-clock health monitoring of patients with
chronic conditions.
• IoMT gives patients more access to health services and
education.
 BENEFITS:

Personalized, precision diagnoses and therapeutics.

Remote medical treatment and advice.
Patient empowerment.
It is cost control.
Improved patient monitoring.
Upgraded operations.
 EXAMPLE:
Smart beds
Smart wearables

Automated temperature readers

Smart pills – Ingestible sensors or cameras

 5) VIRTUAL REALITY AND AUGMENTED REALITY:
"Virtual" has had the meaning of "being something in essence or
effect, though not actually or in fact" since the mid-1400s.The
term "virtual" has been used in the computer sense of "not
physically existing but made to appear by software" since 1959.
Widespread adoption of the term "virtual reality" in the popular
media is attributed to Jaron Lanier, who in the late 1980s
designed some of the first business-grade virtual reality hardware
under his firm VPL Research, and the 1992 film
Lawnmower Man, which features use of virtual
reality systems.
On Feb 1, 2020: Himanshu Ajmera and others published
Virtual Reality in Health Care.
 VIRTUAL REALITY:
VR is the new technology which has the ability to transport us
inside and around the human body, to access and view areas
that would be impossible to reach.
It involved the used of hyper – realistic, visual models that
helps visualize patient health in detail, its treatment and
therapies.
 USED:
It is mainly used in ;
• Medical training.
• Patient education & communication.
• Mental health & adjunctive therapy.
• Pain management and physical therapy.
VR has proven to be an effective tool for treating and
diminishing pain.
Also is used as a powerful diagnostic tool, which helps doctors
and physicians to carry out accurate diagnosis.
EG.. VR Training simulators
 AUGMENTED REALITY:
• Augmented reality (AR) combines the real world and
computer-generated content. It include visual, auditory,
haptic, somatosensory and olfactory.

• It combined real and virtual worlds, real-time interaction,

and accurate 3D registration of virtual and real objects.

• AR provide an image of the real world, projecting digital

information into the existing surroundings.

• AR differs from its most known “relative”, virtual reality (VR)

since the latter creates a 3D world completely detaching the
user from reality.
 There are two aspects in which AR is unique:

Users do not lose touch with It puts information into eyesight
reality. as fast as possible.
Educating young
USES: Patient,
Consulting with Raising patient Rehabilitation after
A computer vision is used with the help of the video
professional colleague. awareness steam
Better imaging
surgery
entertainment while
waiting

captures by the camera to recognize object in the

environment and display it’s device in a realistic way.
It involves the used of AR software such as smartphone, a
tablet, or smart glasses.

PURPOSES:
1) Educating young professional.
It simplify various clinical practices such as;
• Operating preparation,
• Accurate vein visualization on the patient's arm for drawing
blood,
• Dental learning and practice.
• Immersive medical training,
• 3D medical imaging,
• Real-time access of patient data from
EMRs (Emergency Rooms).
• Precise symptom detection.
2) Consulting with colleague.
• Act as a channel of learning between coworker.
• Helps lessen the workload.
• Helps prepare idea by providing an
image of the real world for better
understanding between colleague.

3) Raising patient awareness.

• Allowing them to perform virtual exercises.
• Track their progress in real-time.
• Manage pain and anxiety in patients.
• Tools for physical training that improve
motivation.
4) Rehabilitation after surgery.
• Allowing them to perform virtual exercises.
• Track their progress in real-time.
• Manage pain and anxiety in patients.
• Tools for physical training that improve
motivation.

5) Patient, entertainment while waiting.

Visits to the hospital can be unpredictable, tense, and not
very child-friendly.
• Children can use smartphones and tablets to point at waiting
room walls and see 3D figures come to life.
6) Better imaging.
Can act as an X-Ray, MRI, CT scan, and 3D modeling.
• It can present 3D digital representations of body parts (both
internal and external) for reference.
• Helps bringing an accuracy - the best and clearest picture of
the body parts.
• Right diagnosis can be made and the right actions can be
taken.
• It can improve health care results.
 6) MEDICAL ROBOTICS & EMBEDDED DEVICES:
Emerging in the 1980s, the first robots in the medical field provided surgical
assistance via robotic arm technologies.

Hospitals and clinics are deploying robots for a much wider range of tasks to help
reduce exposure to pathogens during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Robotics is the operating machines capable of executing

physical tasks on behalf of humans or to handle hazardous tasks
which is danger to human.

An embedded system combines computer software and

hardware to fulfill a particular function by using a film ware,
which can be stored on a disk or a single chip.
 CONT..

A firmware within an embedded system, play a major role in

programming the robot’s behaviors, executing complex
algorithms, managing communication protocols and
coordinating the interaction between the different
components.

Robots are revolutionizing the medical world, and mobile

robotic applications have major impact on human experience.

Collaborative mobile robots can be adapted and waterproofed

to assist patients with functional disabilities e.g. in
showering, there is no need for human aids. This can returns
both dignity and independence to the patient.
 CONT..

It can also be used for rehabilitation and physical therapy (e.g.
bionics, exoskeletons, next-gen’s wearable robots), elder-care
assistance, autism (i.e., to enhance social interaction skills),
and simplifying surgery.
Embedded solutions are being used in:
• Patient monitors
• Surgical robots
• Cochlear implants
• External and implantable cardiac defibrillators
• Insulin pumps/glucose monitors
• Ultrasound machines
• Pain management systems
7) 3D BIOPRINTING:
 BIOPRINTING CONT..
Bioprinting has been used in medicine around 2007 and has
been employed to help study or recreate almost every tissue,
cartilage, and organ in the body.

3D bioprinting is an additive manufacturing process that uses

bioinks to print living cells developing structures layer-by-layer
which imitate the behavior and structures of natural tissues.
3D printing creates a three-dimensional solid object from a
digital model.
It shown a very success rate in improving surgical techniques
through the development of organ models, bone and joint
implants and precision instruments. And undergoing use the
technology to manufacture medications, skin tissue and
organs.
 APPLICATIONS:
Some of its application involved:
1 | Implants and Prosthetics
IMPACT OF 3D PRINTING IN CLINICAL HEALTH CARE:

2 | Anatomical Models

3 | Medical Equipment
 CONT..
1 | Implants and Prosthetics:
Dental implants were one of the first medically approved uses
of 3D technology.
Implant and prosthetics were widely used for people with
handicapped to restore back or bring back their normal daily
activities, like restoring of normal contour, function, comfort
esthetics, speech, and health regardless atrophy, disease, or
injury of the stomatognathic system.
 NEEDS:
There is an increasing needs of implant and prosthetics due
to;
Implant-related treatments of tooth loss, prosthetics like ear,
nose etc.
Accident - related to loss of extremities, or due to congenital
abnormalities.
Related to diseases condition e.g. cochlea implant, eye ball
implantation etc.
Related to missing body part.
Deliver medication.
Monitor body functions.
Provide support to organs and tissues.
 2 | ANATOMICAL MODELS:
Detail Anatomical model can be very useful as they can
assisting the doctor in surgery.
A detailed model can act as the replica with 100% accuracy of
the natural organs that make it easier for learning process
before performing it.
E.g. practice surgery before performing it to avoid complication
(replica of the human spine – surgery intervention performed
before surgery).

USES:
 Training in medical field.
 Model for representation of object or organs.
 Models were used as a guide objects.
 Provides a tangible approach to understanding individual patient
anatomy.
 3D BIOPRINTING IN ANATOMICAL BIOMATERIAL:
IT INVOLVES;
• 1. Blood vessels
• 2. Bones
• 3. Heart valve
• 4. Replicating human ears/noses
• 5. Synthetic skin
• 6. Synthetic organs
 3 | MEDICAL EQUIPMENT:
Fabrication of customized medical devise – including forceps,
clamps, hemostats and retractors are amongst the most
common medical uses for 3D printing.

Due to the increasing rise of the new technologies there is the

increasing needs of medical equipment, helping to improved in
giving health to a great extend.

During COVID-19 pandemic there is an urgent need of 3D

production for personal protective equipment this was literally
saving lives for hospital personnel.

Korean engineers have created

implantable 3D printed blood vessels and successfully
implanted them into a rat.
 ADVANTAGES OF 3D BIOPRINTING:
Allows mimicking the real structure of desired tissue/organ
etc.
Possibility to revolutionize future medical treatment
capabilities.
Possible creation of patient-specific and organ-specific
treatments.
Effects of drugs can be examined more accurately.
Decreases animal testing.
Biocompatibility with human cells and tissues.
Automating complex processes.
Consistency, less human error.
 BENEFITS OF CURRENT HEALTH TECHNOLOGYT:

Better Standards of Care.

A Happier Workforce.
Speed and Simplicity.
Reducing the Risk of Errors.
Improving Lives Today with Wearable Technology in
Healthcare.
Cognitive Computing Is Improving the Quality of Healthcare.
Technology gives us ways to eliminate repetition.
It gives us the ability to create more equality in our society.
 BENEFITS OF CURRENT HEALTH TECHNOLOGYT CONT..

More knowledge availability.

Technology lets us have fun in unique ways.
Technology improves our ability to communicate with one
another.
We can go further and faster than ever because of technology.
We have access to more information than ever before in our
history.
 DISADVANTAGE/DRAWBACK:

Cybersecurity Risks in Healthcare.

Breach of Protected Health Information.
Altered Device Functionality may Result in Adverse
Results.
Lack of Empathy in Patient and Doctor Interaction.
Patients Interact with Technology Instead of a Live
Care Provider.
Risk of Miscommunication.
Frustration with Poor Implementation.
More Struggling, Less Caring.
Too Much Reliance on Technology.
Interoperability of data storage.
 CONCLUSION:

Currently technology is keep on rising in health care setting,

using of newly technology helps bring health on front with
great establishment of wellness improvement.
Physically, psychologically bring brightness to the current,
future development of an individual health.
Every individual were enlighten by the newly invented that can
helps them bring goodness to their life.
This health technology helps not only for doctor, nurses,
learner but also patient who need this technology to develop
cure and helps in rehabilitation and helps to bring confidence
to the client who in need of it.
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