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In the present scenario, the concept of Information
Technology has generally played a dominant role in our lives. Simultaneously,
the concept of Information Technology has been upgraded and considered the most
important aspect for everyone. So far as the healthcare industry is concerned,
there has been an implementation of the concept of "Digital Health",
which is considered the multidisciplinary concept of combining technology into
healthcare. It’s like all the patients can have a consultation with doctors
worldwide over video conference, by booking an appointment online.
The big contribution behind the implementation of the
“Digital Health” concept goes to Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning,
without these two technologies, this concept would not have been established.
Secondly, this concept has become prevalent after the COVID pandemic. These two
technologies (Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning) are primarily
focusing on bringing the transition in the healthcare industry by implementing
certain software and apps which will help the healthcare personnel monitor the
patients. Apart from that this concept has been implemented to save time as
well as enhance efficiency and so on.
In the present healthcare industry, various hospitals, as
well as clinics, mainly concentrate not only on maintenance of the medical
records but also, play an important role in administering different departments
like operation theatre, medical wards as well as emergency department and so
on.
After two years of the transitory situation i.e., the
Coronavirus pandemic, many businesses as well as health sectors have been
affected very badly and has forced many people to get socially detached from
the people, but the best part is that the concept of Information Technology has
simplified the operation of the healthcare by booking the appointments, from
the main hospital websites as well as allow hospital personnel to access the
patient records from the medical history, verify the insurance and so on.
According to the observations, it is revealed that the
concept of Information technology in the healthcare industry has mainly
concentrated on the improvement of medical care. Earlier, there used to be the
most errors in the information which tend to affect the healthcare personnel.
So far as the benefits are concerned, the concept of Digital
Health has gained huge success in lessening healthcare expenditures as well as
monitoring patients' chronic cases. Some the technologies such as social networking
sites and the Internet have played a priority role in providing health tips to
patients to improve their health. Apart from that, it has become simple for
people to search for the doctors like reviews through Google and so on.
The role of Information Technology in the healthcare
industry is enhancing rapidly. before the implementation of this concept, there
had been so many challenges faced by healthcare personnel. From the above
points it is very clear that there has been massive development in the
communication between the patients and the doctor, and the operations of the
healthcare industry are working seamlessly.