Various Aspects of Tech Integration in Healthcare

Medical devices, large or small, have become a vital part of medical facilities. Consumers adopting smaller medical devices such as smartwatches and fitness trackers have increased exponentially. Wearable devices have also gained significance in anti-cancer therapies. These devices utilizing advanced Tech are highly adaptable. They display capabilities of adhering to growing popularity, sophistication, and usefulness.The wearable devices industry is a large one comprising of day-to-day use wearables such as fitness trackers and insulin pumps. The degree of health impact or function of these devices varies widely.

Medical devices have been able to acquire massive consumer attention as they offer a non-invasive monitoring alternative. The industry is expected to benefit largely from this one major factor. Across the United States, 80% of their citizens use smartphones. These devices have also been a crucial aid in enhancing the performance of medical devices.

Smartphones have sensors, including a gyroscope, three-axis accelerometer, magnetometer, and others. These sensors primarily aid in extracting real-time data on mobility or device use, environment, and social engagement. For patients detected with cancer, mobile sensing is particularly useful. It can avail care providers or physicians with the data signifying the major changes in a patient’s behavior.

It will help realize the fluctuations in patient functional status, symptom burden, quality of life, and risk for readmission.A new device in the wearable category sowing promising growth is the wearable biomarker device developed by the University of Michigan. The device is capable of replacing biopsy in a few carcinoma cases.