With the development of information technology and the medical discoveries that accompanied it, it was necessary to take advantage of these two things together to raise the level of medical services provided to patients. Information technology entered hospitals and medical institutions, and this field witnessed a new era of development that contributed to raising the level of quality of medical services at all levels, whether diagnostic, therapeutic, work mechanism within the hospital, etc.
Reliance on information technology and technological medical devices has played a prominent role in bringing about a radical change in the quality of health care and raising high standards of operation. Over the past years, hospitals have worked to develop clear and comprehensive business plans and strategies to benefit from information technology so that they are compatible with the hospital’s operational model and medical practices. From here, a new concept emerged that combines technology and medicine, which is “medical information technology.” It aims primarily to improve the quality of health care and increase its efficiency while reducing medical errors, raising the efficiency of health care providers and medical administration, activating the communication mechanism between them, and working as much as possible to reduce costs. Health information technology also includes computers and software that handle data storage, retrieval, and replacement, and helps in making good decisions in health care.
Teletherapy
Telemedicine is the use of medical information transmitted from one place to another via electronic communications to improve the patient's health condition. This is represented by the use of remote digital information technologies and health care management related to the disease condition via computers and mobile phones to access health care services. The medical community in all countries of the world has benefited from information technology to reach specialist doctors outside the country to obtain medical advice and learn about the patient’s condition. Today, the world is witnessing some operations being performed remotely, in addition to improving communications and coordination of care between members of the health care team and patients. Modern technology has made it possible to improve the quality of health care and make it reach more people. Telemedicine has also contributed to making health care more effective and better coordinated.
There are many advanced technologies that have provided the opportunity for doctors to monitor the patient’s health condition remotely via such as mobile phone applications or the electronic network for uploading information such as reading blood glucose levels and sending it to the doctor or health care team, or devices that measure and transmit information wirelessly, such as Measure blood pressure, blood sugar, or lung function. There are also wearable devices that automatically record and transmit information, such as heart rate, blood glucose, walking, posture, tremors, physical activity, or sleep patterns.
In addition to home monitoring devices for elderly people or people with dementia, which detect changes in normal activities such as falling. The concept of remote treatment also includes smart health applications that anyone can download to their smartphone, as a large number of applications have been designed that help organize medical information better and in one secure place. Digital applications make it possible to store health records, download information from devices such as a blood glucose monitor or blood pressure cuff, and share the information with your health care providers. Some apps provide personalized notifications and recommendations to the patient. Devices, such as blood pressure monitors, can also connect to the Internet for face-to-face interaction with health care providers. Home health monitoring may be particularly beneficial for people with chronic diseases, such as heart disease, as well as those who live in rural or isolated areas. The benefit also includes greater convenience, fewer clinic visits and easier access to medical care and advice.
Telehealth can be non-interactive, i.e. the patient is examined and the information is sent to the doctor to write a report; It can be for the purpose of monitoring only, as the doctor monitors the patient’s health condition by downloading his information and transmitting it wirelessly. This type uses wearable devices that monitor heart rate, blood glucose rate, body position, physical activity, and sleep pattern. The most important type is interactive healthcare; The doctor can intervene during the examination of the case, and guide those around them to provide assistance that may save the patient’s life.
Medical Imaging
Diagnostic medical imaging has been one of the fields that has benefited most from the development of technology, as medical companies have worked over the past years to produce high-quality imaging devices that give very accurate results and show the human body as if it were a mirror in front of the doctor. To complement this development, printers have emerged that parallel this technological development in medical imaging to print diagnostic images in the field of digital printing. Modern technologies today make it possible to print radiological images with a quality similar to the quality of printing on x-ray films. The diagnostic process today does not require a long time, but rather takes minutes, and the result of the image appears in front of the radiologist thanks to advanced computer programs specialized in reading images. Indeed, the development of programs has gone further than that, as the doctor can segment the image. For example, and according to customized programs, the doctor can take a section of the image, the kidney for example, and place it alone on the screen and scrutinize its details by enlarging and reducing the image to the extent and quality he wants. High quality photography. Today, it is also possible to see the fetus inside its mother’s womb while it is still in its early stages of formation, with the possibility of determining that it has health problems. Medicine has gone further than that, so that complex operations can be performed inside the mother’s womb for the fetus. Voting