Current and Future Health Care Trends

Running head: CURRENT AND FUTURE HEALTH CARE TRENDS
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1CURRENT AND FUTURE HEALTH CARE TRENDS
Globalization of healthcare system has increased the technological use in curing patients
and these services are widespread in areas where healthcare services were not available in recent
times (Schwamm, 2014). There are enormous medical technologies which have been developed
by several important stakeholders of healthcare system such as healthcare professional
researchers, medical students, and most importantly the consumers of healthcare system
(McLean et al., 2013). This discussion post will be discussing about the recent healthcare
technology which is affecting patient’s health and wellbeing positively in recent times such as
the remote care process and telemedicine.
Telehealth is one of the technologies which helps the healthcare professionals to care for their
patients at remote locations using devices such as computers and cellular phones. In remote areas
where healthcare facilities are not present or healthcare professionals are unable to reach due to
the geographic location, telehealthcare is determined as in important healthcare service in such
areas (Kvedar, Coye & Everett, 2014). Further, tele healthcare in urban areas has different
implication and significance as it provides the patients with complete control over their
healthcare and they can contact their healthcare physicians whenever they require the
doctor’ssuggestion, hence enabling them with complete information about their ailment and the
process for wellbeing (McLean et al., 2013).
On the other hand, remote patient care is another process which is the result of using
technology for the betterment of healthcare service users (Husebø& Storm, 2013). With the help
of latest healthcare information technology, remote patient monitoring is one method which
helps the professionals to understand the patient situation and then implement interventions or