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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nThe biggest technological innovations in healthcare over the past\ndecade include the following.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
- Digital Health Records. <\/strong>The shift from paper-based to Electronic Health Records (EHRs) has\nhad a profound impact on the healthcare industry. It has streamlined workflow,\nreducing the burden of physicians and clinical staff tasked with documentation;\nimproved patient access to medical data, allowing them to retrieve their\nmedical records easily and giving them the ability to catch errors; improved\npatient care by automatically alerting physicians to potential health issues;\nhelped promote new treatment solutions; and lowered healthcare costs. <\/li>
- Cloud-Based Platforms<\/strong>. The shift to cloud-based\ntechnology solutions has resulted in vast amounts of data that can be\ncollected, stored, processed, and used for analytics. Data analysis offers many\nbenefits, including the development of new drugs and treatments; improving efficiency\nand quality of care; reducing healthcare waste; lowering costs; preventing\npremature deaths; predicting epidemics; and improving patient quality of\nlife. <\/li>
- Information and\nCommunication Technology<\/strong>. Smartphones, email, telemonitoring, and telemedicine systems\nhave been embraced in the healthcare industry thanks to the development of\ninformation and communication technology (ICT), which allows physicians and\npatients to connect remotely, widening the scope of care for people in rural\nareas where specialists and facilities may not be available. Telehealth and\ntelemedicine have been game changers, giving healthcare providers the ability\nto monitor symptoms remotely, reducing wait times, improving access in rural\nareas, and increasing the efficiency of healthcare delivery. <\/li>
- Smartphone Apps<\/strong>. Mobile apps are\navailable for practically anything you can think of these days\u2014including\nhealthcare, which has become one of the fastest-growing markets. Smartphone\napps provide patients and healthcare providers with flexibility. They are\nespecially useful in chronic care and prescription medication management,\ndiagnostics, medical reference, fitness and weight loss, and mental health,\namong others.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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The shift to cloud-based\ntechnology solutions has resulted in vast amounts of data that can be\ncollected, stored, processed, and used for analytics. Data analysis offers many\nbenefits, including the development of new drugs and treatments; improving efficiency\nand quality of care; reducing healthcare waste; lowering costs; preventing\npremature deaths; predicting epidemics; and improving patient quality of\nlife. <\/li>