Over the past few decades, there has been a constant improvement in the quality of healthcare options available to the people. This has been possible due to the improved therapeutic and diagnostic solutions available easily to common man. There has been some major breakthroughs in Healthcare industry in the last few years which has improved the expectancy of life along with the improved quality of life. Innovation has become a focus point as the healthcare providers and industry face a major challenge to reduce the harm, eliminate the toxic waste materials left over from medical procedures and pharmaceuticals, improve access to more and more people, increase the efficiency, lower the costs. It will not be enough if we continue to do our job …show more content…
The number of people seeking healthcare is increasing exponentially due to increase in population across the globe. The number of people retiring in the next few years will put a good amount of pressure on the healthcare platform we have. It will be more and more difficult to provide services to everyone by keeping a good standard of services. There is already shortage of major providers. The price of healthcare services is increasing day by day. This is also taking a toll at our productivity. A McKinsey study from February 2014 shows that there is a decrease in productivity of US healthcare industry by 0.8% yearly from 1990 to 2007, whereas there has been a growth in productivity of the U.S. computer and semiconductor industry by 7.6% yearly during the same time period. This clearly demonstrates the need of major innovation in the Healthcare …show more content…
Wide range of medical robotics in healthcare Surgical Precision Surgery is considered a very important and skilled task which is considered at best as an unpleasant experience by majority of people who undergo surgery. There are long waiting list for any/every surgical procedure which can increase depending on the availability of resources, facility and manpower. It is a known fact that a Surgeon always has the complete control of all systems but machine is considered to have a reach which is more than human and machines are flexible and precise at the same time. This is really helpful to access the core problem areas during a surgery. Putting the “Care” Back in Healthcare The nurses are the backbone of care during a patients stay at a hospital. They take care of a good number of tasks like drawing blood from a patient to checking the vital signs, taking care of hygiene, food do’s/don’ts. All this is sometimes overwhelming for the nurse and at the same time it’s a daunting task which can result in an unpleasant experience for the patients/people