Medical technology refers to the procedures, equipment, and process by which medical care is delivered
Health IT refers to an array of technologies to record, store, retrieve, protect, share, and analyze health information
Medical technology includes a multitude of products used to diagnose and monitor human conditions and diseases
Consumer goals to achieve and maintain good health can often be met through advances in medical technology
Biomedical engineers have created small robots that are used to perform highly complex and dangerous spinal surgeries
Biomedical engineers have created digestible sensors that monitor a patient's body systems and transmit patient information to healthcare providers so they can customize the patient's care
Telemedicine addresses the concerns surrounding limited access to health care
What does telemedicine allow the healthcare provider to do?
Diagnose, treat, and monitor patients remotely
What was the impact of National Federation of Independent Business v. Sibelius, June 28, 2012?
Individual states not required to expand Medicaid
CDSS
Clinical Decision Support System
CDSS
The variety of technologies that provide healthcare practitioners with tools to improve the quality of care through diagnostic and treatment recommendations
EHR
Electronic Health record
EHR
An individual patient health record stored in a computer database for easy access by physicians and other healthcare workers
