Medical Technology Breakthroughs: Opinions, Issues, and Future

This assignment analyzes recent breakthroughs in medical technology, exploring the student's opinions on advancements, particularly the integration of data science and artificial intelligence. The assignment discusses the impact of technology on prolonging life, the implications of electronic health records (EHRs), and ethical considerations. The student reacts to a video discussing data usage in diagnostics and disease prevention, highlighting both the potential and unanswered questions. Key issues addressed include the high cost of the US healthcare system and the challenges of EHR implementation, such as potential threats to professionalism and patient interaction. The assignment also examines the contributions of technology to both problems and solutions within modern medicine, emphasizing the potential for personalized medicine and improved patient care through EHRs and data analysis. References to relevant research papers are included.

Running head: BREAKTHROUGHS IN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY
BREAKTHROUGHS IN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY
Name of the Student:
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1) What is your general opinion on the medical advances you learned about?
My general opinion about the recent the medical advances is that, as we are moving
towards a scientifically advanced society, where there is an involvement of data science
artificial intelligence, the rise of computer sciences and data collection would become more
and more important as it could help in better diagnosis of diseases and also help in
establishing a strong record for further research in future. According to (Schneeweiss, 2014),
the “big health care data” has the potential to generate knowledge and effective treatment.
2) What is your general opinion on the prolonging of life through the use of various
technologies?
Use of various technological applications and equipment has been there in the medical
science for a very long period of time and it has helped in sustaining life and maintaining the
quality of life. The personal health care system and involving various sensors which could
help to monitor the person’s health and could be effective even in low cost technologies
(Amendola et al., 2014).
3) What is your reaction to the videos? Be thorough and specific. (YouTube link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jd2QVZk0zfI)
The video expressed a vision given by Dr. Leonard D'Avolio, in which the
incorporation of data and its usage for its future usage in diagnostics and preventing the
disease could be an effective part. However, some questions to remain unanswered, how his
wife recovered from the breast cancer and how the example was relevant to the data and

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electronic health record. I agree to the fact the electronic health record would enable the
person to have personalized recommendation when it comes to decision making.
4) What are the main issues regarding medical technologies and the prolonging of life?
How serious are they? How do they affect the individual? How do they affect the larger
society?
The US health care system is one of the most expensive health care system in the
world and it runs 30 years behind relative to other industries. The federal government, has
programmed over the period of last 8 years incentivized the adoption of electronic health
records and soon 95% of the clinical data is available as electronic health record. That would
help not only for individuals but also the society because that will be able to analyse what is
effective in case of each individual.
5) What aspects of this issue are controversial?
In this issue it could be understood that the enabling of electronic health record might
have initial cost of establishment and could increase the financial burden as well as economic
burden. According to McAlearney et al. (2015), there could be possible threat to
professionalism, would have strong impact on the interaction and communication with
patients, furthermore, there is a concern impact on clinical care. There could be some evident
ethical problems, when it comes to electronic health records. Furthermore, it the patient not
confide all the information that would affect the data (Ozair et al., 2015).
6) Has technology contributed to problems confronting modern medicine? How?
Definitely, the technology has contributed to the confronted modern medicine, it is
due to the reason that there could be used in order to address the unique health care needs of
each individual which result necessary dosing of medicament when it comes to health care
and clinical practice.

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7) How has technology contributed to solutions to problems related to modern
medicine? How can it contribute to the future?
The electronic health record with proper implementation of clinical data and
resources, would make the diagnosis easier and faster which would ultimately give quality
care to patients. The medical history of the people would be clearly mentioned in the
Electronic health record that will again help better personalised approach.

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References:
Amendola, S., Lodato, R., Manzari, S., Occhiuzzi, C., & Marrocco, G. (2014). RFID
technology for IoT-based personal healthcare in smart spaces. IEEE Internet of things
journal, 1(2), 144-152.
McAlearney, A. S., Hefner, J. L., Sieck, C., Rizer, M., & Huerta, T. R. (2015). Fundamental
issues in implementing an ambulatory care electronic health record. J Am Board Fam
Med, 28(1), 55-64.
Ozair, F. F., Jamshed, N., Sharma, A., & Aggarwal, P. (2015). Ethical issues in electronic
health records: A general overview. Perspectives in clinical research, 6(2), 73–76.
doi:10.4103/2229-3485.153997
Schneeweiss, S. (2014). Learning from big health care data. New England Journal of
Medicine, 370(23), 2161-2163.