Advancement In Health Care

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The advancement in science and technology has helped to improve the healthcare services tremendously; beyond what even doctors thought was impossible years ago. Technology has also improved the understanding of illnesses and the development of new treatments. Up to date, healthcare scientists and doctors are still working hand in hand in trying to develop new technologies in order to improve the healthcare services as well as offer the best and most appropriate treatment to patients in the future. Advancement in healthcare has been observed fields such as pharmacology, oncology, neurology, psychology, however, for the purpose of this assignment, part one will focus on advances in medical diagnostics, bioinformatics and reproductive health. …show more content…

One of such advances is artificial intelligence which has been greatly improved in healthcare. In the future, there are impressions that artificial intelligence will surpass human ability in healthcare, such as to raise concern in some quarters Nilsson & Sollenborn (2004). Robots operating with artificial intelligence, have played significant role in healthcare and they are expected to also improve in there usability Nilsson & Sollenborn (2004).
Another area of potential advancement in healthcare sciences, is the application of 3 Dimensional (3-D) printing technology for the repair or replacement of organs in the human body. As the technology improves, it is hoped that, human wellbeing and in some cases, life can be improved with the use of 3-D printed body parts, thus, whereas the concept is undergoing testing and review, the future of 3-D technology in healthcare sciences appears bright. An example of some human organs printed with 3-D technology include, human ears Gaba D. M. …show more content…

This technological advancement is believed to be able to address the knowledge gap in neurophysiology and neurological disorder. Nanosystems on a chip, is said to be able to provide critical foundation to diagnostics biomarkers and point-of-care technologies as well as detection of pathogen. These advances, though not consistently available, are however thought to have huge potential in transforming healthcare sciences Rocco, M. C. (2011).
Pharmacogenomics/genome sequencing is seen as another possible advancement and with pharmacogenomics; tools are still being industrialized for the bigger data examination which will help with the purpose of population healthcare.’’ it's going to transfer how we match up that information at the population, individual and macro levels," Mr. Hoover say. “The ability to actually compare that information is going to be valuable as we move forward; making sure medications that we are taking is going to work on us’’. This will provide lives and healthcare of the world population (Fridley et