Question

What trends are on the forefront in managed care.   

Answer 1

The largest and the oldest industry of nation is health care industry,

As this industry deals with patients care and treatment, it is also essential for health care provider to beat the forefront of technological innovation to provide fast, better and more comprehensive care.

Here are trends and technology that will shape health care in 2018.

1. Augmented reality

Ar is one of the exciting modern developements in health care,

This has changed viewer's vision to keep them grounded in their surrounded reality.

For eg: AR is used by surgeon to locate the relative location of a tumor within an organ.

It also helps physician and patient for better described symptoms of disease

Physicians can use this technology to show potential complications that occur from a treatment or the effects of delaying such a treatment, it will provide better model vision and treat disease and condition.

2.Tele medicine

The distribution of health care services or monitoring of symptoms through remote devices , there is a growth expectation in 2018.

It provides benefit in cost and efficiency specially for population in rural areas or geographically isolated areas , specially for the patient who are unable to receive treatment because of location can engage with health care provider remotely via telemedicine.

It is moving from a novelty to a real treatment option , it has also become more affordable to implement with increased patient information security and new technologies which makes remote monitoring more efficient.

3.Big data in health care

Collection of data in health care is enormous, everything from patient records to treatment outcome is thoroughly recorded, giving health care workers large data to work with ,analytics provides the ability to shift through and interpret large data sets.

Nowadays wellness devices and fitness tracker apps are used by people , the data from those sources will be soon be used to gather information regarding status of people, it will help in better treatment option and predict future complication.

4. Information security

The data used in health care setting are most personal and sensitive,

Laws such as the HIPPA (health insurance portability and accountability act) mandated that patients information is safe and kept secure.

They must ensure that data is protected and secured from hackers ,who are getting more creative in order to access restricted information, to address growing security challenge health care must have enhanced and updated IT infrastructure.

CONCLUSION:

The year 2018 will be a game changer in the overall improvement of the health sector, it will not only benefit patient but also to the doctors , nurses, hospital staff and others.....