Technological disruptions can strengthen and streamline the entire healthcare industry. These technologies are expected to bring never-seen-before processes, policies, and strategies to the table.
The post explores key medical technology trends and transformations expected in the healthcare domain in 2023. New digital technologies can make business operations effortless, boosting staff efficiency, yielding better financial results, and improving patient care experience.
To speak in layman’s terms, the focus is to boost the quality and affordability of the healthcare service and focus on the preventive management of diseases before they can take an aggressive shape.
Innovations that are expected to revolutionize the healthcare domain
Internet of Medical Things (IoMT)
The Internet of Things may not be a recent trend, but it has a ton of future possibilities, especially in the healthcare domain. For instance, this field requires endless patient health data; IoT allows the process team to enter and store data in a vast infrastructure that can be easily located and accessed for further use.
Recent industry trends have shown that several companies are developing IoMT solutions that allow hospitals and medical infrastructures to strengthen their processes with custom software that best fits their operations.
AI and VR
AI or Artificial Intelligence has been growing tremendously in recent years, chiefly used to make jobs easier for medical professionals. This technology allows medical professionals without special training to conduct professional examinations of diagnostic quality. In addition, VR adoptions can aid medical practitioners with surgeries and treatments by cutting down the risks and completing the surgeries in relatively less time.
Smart Implants
Experts believe 2023 will bring out more implant-related choices and technologies in the healthcare domain. If that happens, it may improve the efficiency of regenerative medicine, the scope of patient rehabilitation, and more.
For instance, there is a wider use of 3D Bioprinting Technology in the medical domain as it offers enhancement in several areas like production time and cost reduction for implants and bionic prostheses or customization of surgical instruments and medical devices.
Telehealth
Digitized communication channels have disrupted every industry, including healthcare. In the healthcare domain, telehealth has surfaced as a new means of communication for transmitting medical information. Telehealth harnesses the internet, streaming services, video conferencing, and more to avail remote provisions of healthcare services.
Further, it is useful to provide long-distance education for patients and medical professionals. The pandemic has witnessed a sharp rise in telehealth trends, and the healthcare ecosystem has now grown more than acquainted with virtual consultations with their patients.
Cloud Healthcare System
Cloud computing in the healthcare system refers to storing, maintaining, and analyzing data and records remotely accessible through the internet.
For instance, technologies like patient portals have their bases on cloud-based technology. The innovative system offers interoperability that facilitates secure and straightforward mechanisms to easily transfer data from one place to another.
A clear understanding of the latest technology and innovation is essential to create a better future and gaining health equity for everyone. However, the emerging technologies are beyond this list, like wellness apps that embrace the perks of the digital world. With wellness apps, people can monitor and enhance their daily life to bring optimal lifestyle changes.
Other healthcare technology that are expected to make big this year are: data breach prevention, nanomedicine, social determinants of health gain value, big data and data silos, telepsychiatry, big data and analytics, and precision medicine.
