Good health is crucial in anyone’s life. Science tries to simplify and enhance one’s desire to lead a healthy lifestyle. Sicknesses and diseases are some of the areas in which science has developed modernized equipment to help patients manage their conditions at the comfort of their homes.
As a result of advancements in technology, medical institutions have adapted the modernized treatment that has enhanced the delivery of services in the health sector (Currie 2012). Some of the new advancements include the pacemakers for the heart implant, artificial limbs, electric wheelchairs, and insulin implants. Other types of equipment are ventilators, ear implants, hoists, and adapted computers (R.J. Singer 2012).
Modern treatments enhance health and safety. In the case study, Sally received a personal digital assistant (PDA) to help train her memory about what she needs to do next (R.J. Singer 2012). Various institutions are offering sensory services that enable visual and hearing impairment healthcare consumers get assistance. Some of them include government agencies like the Buckinghamshire County Council, Hertfordshire County Council, and others (Currie 2012).
Technology promotes efficiency and saves time. When one cannot move around easily and gets a wheelchair, one’s mobility improves. The Mobility Assistive Technology aids include the cane, walkers, crutches, and scooters (Spil & Klein 2015). The hearing aids assist one to understand and respond in a timely. They also help to increase life expectancy. Their availability at the time they are needed makes the users employ their services quickly.
It helps to reduce deaths and pressure on emergency services. Most of the technological aspects of the new equipment are that they are for self-aid. It makes them reliable even without a doctor or a caregiver carefully monitoring one around. Once a person follows the doctor’s guidance, then one is assured of good service. They also help to sustain life for a longer time than it could have been expected. The institutions that acquire such instruments for administering healthcare have a competitive advantage over the others. They build a good reputation with their health care consumers that leads to references (Spil & Klein 2015).
The products are very expensive to obtain and use. They also require training on how to use them and attract maintenance costs (Baker 2003). They are rare, and only a few health care providers produce and/or acquire them.
Technological advancement is good but slow compared to the growing demand. The cases of Multiple Sclerosis infections and other related sicknesses have been on the rise every week. The growing demand is putting pressure on the very few available types of equipment. They promote unhealthy competition among organizations that could jeopardize the invention’s perceived objectives (Randall 2008, p, 348). The assistive technologies could fail at a time when their services are highly in demand. The batteries and/or electricity could fail. It also reduces human contact with clients.
Caregivers and organizations benefit from the inventions because they enhance health and safety. They increase their skills and knowledge by advancing their career to adapt to the new system. It helps them save a lot of time for other patients, and one does not tire out so much. With this equipment, one becomes confident because they are most reliable (Baker 2003).
The caregivers could also lose jobs because the machines can replace their services. The caregivers could also have greater expectations from the equipment and fail to do their part. The advancement of skills and knowledge could be burdensome for some caregivers.
References
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Currie, W 2012. ‘Health policy and technology—Special issue on electronic health records’, Health Policy and Technology, vol. 1, no. 1, pp.1-2.
R.J. Singer, D 2012. ‘Health policy and technology and the fellowship of postgraduate medicine’, Health Policy and Technology, vol. 1, no. 1, pp.3-4.
Randall, G 2008. ‘The impact of managed competition on diversity, innovation and creativity in the delivery of home-care services’, Health & Social Care in the Community, vol. 4, no.16, pp.347-353.
Spil, T. and Klein, R 2015 The personal health future, Web.