Introduction
The technological development of medicine is a multifaceted process.
Technologies are aimed at reducing the time to reach medical goals and increasing accuracy.
Improving the quality and reliability of medical research and services.
The technological development of society affects all spheres of life, where medicine is no exception. First of all, innovations are used to increase the efficiency and competence of specialists, as well as to increase the reliability of healthcare. Technological advancement has brought a large number of improvements and positive developments in the area that stand out in contrast to the methods of the past. In order to analyze in more detail the changes in the field, it is necessary to consider the most striking aspects of medicine that have developed most effectively
Medical Cards
Handwritten by a doctor.
History of diseases and treatment of the patient.
Inaccurate and intermittent misdiagnosis.
First of all, it is necessary to note the technology of maintaining medical records used to control the history of diseases and treat the patient. This method is one of the oldest, the essence of which was in the doctor’s handwritten notes on the condition of the individual (Ascione, 2021). Due to the fact that the process of processing and recording data was long, the information had time to become outdated. In turn, this led to untimely or erroneous diagnoses, which led to negative consequences. In addition, the carriers relevant to the past could be lost or destroyed, which deprived specialists of the background of the disease and the patient’s condition (Ansehi & Murthy, 2020). At the moment, this area has been transformed with the introduction of electronic medical records. This allows you to instantly capture information, storing it in a single database. This ensured timely and most effective diagnosis, which led to an increase in the recovery rate of sick people.
Medical Glassware
Poor storage of drugs.
Fermentation, rottenness and natural change in the composition of the drug.
The high cost and danger of the storage method.
Another important technology is the introduction of frosted plastic as a material for medical glassware. The fact is that in the past, glass was relevant, which consisted of containers for tablets and solutions (Ansehi & Murthy, 2020). This led to the contact of some elements with the sun’s rays, which ensured fermentation and a change in the composition of the drug. At the same time, the glassware was extremely fragile, and, accordingly, the loss of medicines, in particular, expensive or rare ones, was great (Ansehi & Murthy, 2020). This also explained the high cost of tablets for the population, since their storage led to high costs. At the moment, the glass has been completely replaced with matte plastic, which does not allow the external among the negative affect the chemical composition (Ansehi & Murthy, 2020). At the same time, the material itself is durable and cheap, which has led to an increase in both the quality and availability of medicines.
Medical Experiment
Time-consuming process, requiring several years.
Non-universal study results.
Great reliance on chance.
The third most important change is the creation of laboratories and conditions for conducting experiments in virtual reality. In the past, an experiment to introduce a new drug or study the interaction of certain substances with others took several years (Ascione, 2021). This led to the extremely low relevance of medicine, which can be seen in the example of global epidemics of diseases. A separate negative element was the strong dependence of the results of the experiment on randomness, since the process was based on the results of a study of volunteers. At the moment, such shortcomings have been practically eliminated thanks to computer technologies of virtual reality and 3D modeling (Ascione, 2021). In other words, the experiments take only a few months or weeks, as seen in the case of Ebola (Ascione, 2021). The ability to implement a large number of processes at the same time eliminated the dependence on chance, making the results universal.
References
Ansehi, A. & Murthy, P. (Eds.). (2020). Technology and global public health. Springer International Publishing.
Ascione, R. (2021). The future of health. How digital technology will make care accessible, sustainable, and human. Wiley.