Another
amazing contest organized by Indiblogger in collaboration with Apollo
Hospitals. Here's a link to their modern healthcare
page- http://www.apollohospitals.com/cutting-edge.php
Sound
information plays an increasingly critical role in the delivery of
modern health care and efficiency of health systems. Health
informatics - the intersection of information
science, medicine and health
care - deals with the resources, devices, and methods required
to optimize the acquisition and use of information in health and
biomedicine. Necessary tools for proper health information coding and
management include clinical guidelines, formal medical
terminologies, and computers and other information and
communication technologies. The kinds of data processed may
include patients' medical records, hospital administration
and clinical functions, and human resources information.
The
use of health information lies at the root of evidence-based
policy and evidence-based management in health care.
Increasingly, information and communication technologies are being
utilised to improve health systems in developing countries through:
the standardisation of health information; computer-aided diagnosis
and treatment monitoring; informing population groups on health and
treatment.
The
existing models of health care provision, often subject to
fragmentation and insufficient coherence, appear to be one of the
main causes limiting efficiency of interventions and quality of
health outcomes. Ageing populations with multiple co-morbidities,
increasing expectations of health service quality and safety and the
ability to access these services through cross border care require
due attention given to coordination mechanisms. Work in this field in
the European context is closely linked to the global initiative
started by the World Health Organization (WHO) headquarters on the
global hospital agenda within the wider context of coordinated care.
The present events aimed to move a step further on the road to better
integration and coordination of health promotion and care, by
creating a shared understanding of the current state of health care
delivery systems and strengthen their capacity to address change,
determine priority areas for research and seeking expert guidance in
how best WHO can support Member States in these areas.
Here, modern
medicine came to our rescue. It started its research from
scratch and catalogued its findings. Slowly we began understanding
our own anatomy, what lies within, how it works and all! Joseph
Lister started it all with the discovery of the vaccine.Louis
Pasteur, father of modern medicine discovered bacteria and told
us how we could prevent diseases. Anaesthesia paved the way for
painless surgeries. Since then medical sciences has been on a roll!
Deeper research of medical sciences was promoted by the discovery of
the compound microscope and the electron microscope. Fibre optic
technology helped us in micro- surgery. Radiology helped us cure
tumours and cancers and today we have organ transplants! Curing
cataract is now a single day procedure. Pacemakers have given new
lease of life to millions. Artificial insulin is helping sugar
patients comfortably continue with their own lifestyles. Blood
pressure and asthma aren’t lifestyle-dampers either thanks to
modern medicines. Even a few years back, cancer was totally
incurable. But today early detection can completely cure cancer.
Today HIV +ve people can lead normal lives and have normal HIV -ve
kids. Most important of all,average life expectancy has
increased. Mind it, I just gave a narrow coverage of a huuuuge topic
, There is much, much more to talk about!
Even
after so many advances and discoveries, modern medical
research is yet to reach the pinnacle. There are still
many areas unexplored and unknown. But our brilliant scientists with
their untiring efforts are working day-n-nite, determined to discover
them all! Hats off to them!!
This
shows how modern technology touches lives
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