In these uncertain times of a global pandemic, we don’t have much to rely on. There is no way of telling what the future may look like due to all the chaos. One of the few things we can rely on is technology. Technology has a huge role in the future of public health and safety, and here’s why.
Due to new investments in IT solutions in healthcare and public safety, we are able to make advancements and improvements in the quality of patient care and public awareness. Through technology, physicians are able to remotely diagnose a patient’s health problems. They are also able to collect, store, and analyze data with new technology.
Cloud improvements help create a single platform to store and manage data. This is crucial due to the increasing demand for healthcare. Furthermore, IoT (Internet of Things) has helped healthcare providers to monitor patients remotely. IoT helps to provide smooth/uninterrupted connections between patients and providers via remote monitoring. They can track a patient’s consistency with treatments and a need for instant medical attention. IoT reduces errors and can even lower healthcare costs due to the overall efficiency. Specific examples of how it is used in medical devices include air quality sensors, sleep monitors, remote temperature monitoring, and much more.
Artificial Intelligence can help to reduce the time of manual tasks and overall increase the quality of healthcare. Healthcare providers already utilize Artificial Intelligence on a day to day basis with tasks such as making decisions, analyzing data, and carrying out conversations. Additionally, Artificial Intelligence can be used for solving difficult healthcare challenges. For example, with Artificial Intelligence, virtual nurses are made possible. Often, people find themselves making unnecessary hospital visits that are not emergencies. The amount of people waiting in hospitals can be reduced using virtual nurses for those who have basic questions or concerns.
Big Data and Analytics is for data that is too large to function with standard data processing software products. It helps big public safety and health companies to store and examine huge amounts of data. This data can then be used for understanding patterns and trends in healthcare. In healthcare, this is crucial due to the massive amounts of medical data recorded.
With the uncertainty of what the future looks like, technology plays a huge role in making public healthcare and safety as efficient as possible. With cloud improvements, Artificial Intelligence, and Big Data Analytics, healthcare providers are able to effectively provide better healthcare quality for patients.