With the quick grow of technology, the field of medicine is one of the highest growth industries in the entire world. The medical field or healthcare industry is going through, to improve for the medical care. Wearable tracking device, smart technology, putting patience first and Artificial Intelligence are examples of the trends in the medical field.
According to Crawford (2018) as a result, a wide range of robots are being developed to serve in a variety of roles within the medical environment. One of the robots that they are using is Surgical assistants, these remote-controlled robots assist surgeons with performing operations, typically minimally invasive procedures. Robots assist in a surgery, instead of a patient having a large portion of the body to be cut, the cut would be size of a tube, because of the help of a robot (How are robots changing healthcare, n.d.) Other hospitals are using robots to monitor a patient without a human supervising in the room. With the help of a robot, it lessens the man-power to take in charge in the hospital.
According to Meyer (n.d.), today, healthcare is more consumer-oriented than before. Patients can compare doctors and hospitals as easily as they can browse through restaurants on Yelp. This trend has caused everyone in the industry to up their game. It is more convenient to the patients who are ill.
One example is the wearable tracking device according to Brown(n.d.). Wearing the wearable tracking device monitor the physical activity, sleep patterns, calorie consumption and vitals of a person. It helps the person, to be aware of what he/she is engaging in. It let also the person to be conscious on health affairs. According to the top 10 healthcare wearables for a healthy lifestyle(2016), the “gymwatch fitness tracker” helps for exercising in the most effective way possible. It was explained on the article that this wearable device would be like a personal coach or professional performance diagnostician. It is built for the gym, specifically for the people who wants to have a gym body. It helps for building muscles and makes sure to complete the exercise properly.
Another trend is about the hospitals using a smart technology according to Morgan (2018), In this smart technology used by hospitals, it helps to give an efficient comfort and care to the patients. Hospitals are already using a smart-bed that could adjust into the comfort preferences of a patient. The smart-bed is called “rest bed”. The mattress can read the body position and pressure level and it automatically adjusts to make a responsive calibration to improve support and spinal alignment. It is also has a customizable pressure-relief that it can make a personal adjustments to make the body comfortable as explained from introducing truly smart bed technology: The reST bed(2018). The trends of medicine now a days have been evolving for improvements for the society as well to the economy. Some are on the increasing rate of people who are ill, others have the technological advancements on medical field that helps people to be aware on their health and gives extra care. Trends on medicine help people to be updated on what is happening to the world of medicine and to understand the evolution inside of it. As wells as that it gives more care for the people.