Do High-Tech tools lead to Better Patient Care?
Technology can provide real aids to Patients, but new devices only increase costs without providing Health benefits in many cases.
Whenever we talk about technology, almost everyone has a different perception of what it entails. For example, some think of it as the branch of knowledge that deals with creating and using technical means concerning life and society. Others may see it as a practical application of science in a particular area. Technology is nothing but the application of a skill to make an instrument. If we take it one level lower, it is the simplification gadget used to carry out straightforward tasks. Technology is the product of human ingenuity and knowledge brought to artificial life to help living human beings. It always does, and it always will; However, designed to perform what its mastermind desires.
As of today, the human endeavor has been full of successes. The tree of human creativity to simplify tasks has been very fruitful, such as flying, traveling to space, preventing and treating lethal diseases. But still, in many respects, we have failed to offer the right technology to the right domain at the right time for an affordable cost. That is not necessarily because technology has gone wrong in such cases. Still, under the circumstances, the technology was not adequately designed to offer the kind of simplicity…
