Health Technology Landscape
by Rupert Pearson
1. Mobile Health Apps
1.1. Enabling Doctors & Patients to check healthcare processes on the go.
2. Health Information Exchanges
2.1. Electronic health information exchange (HIE) allows doctors, nurses, pharmacists, other health care providers and patients to appropriately access and securely share a patient’s vital medical information electronically, improving the speed, quality, safety and cost of patient care.
3. Electronic Health Records
3.1. An electronic health record (EHR) is a digital version of a patient’s paper chart. EHRs are real-time, patient-centered records that make information available instantly and securely to authorized users.
4. Telemedicine/telehealth
4.1. Telemedicine is a way to improve a patient's health by permitting two-way, real time interactive communication between the patient, and the physician or practitioner at the distant site. This electronic communication means the use of interactive telecommunications equipment that includes, at a minimum, audio and video equipment, to provide patient care.
5. Portal Technology
5.1. Portable technology allows patients and physicians to access medical records and interact online.
6. Self-service Kiosks
6.1. Automated kiosks that assist patients with hospital registration, paying co-pays, checking identification, signing paperwork, outpatient and other bedside settings.
7. Remote Monitoring Tools
7.1. Monitoring patients health at home, it allows patients to be monitored remotely by others to asses health needs or to provide healthcare needs.
8. Sensors and wearable technology
8.1. These are devices used to collect data that patents wear.
