Emerging Technology

Emerging Technology - Telemedicine  

Project Description 

Every day, the world experiences a burst of digital technology never seen before or used in the way it has never been before. These technologies are already making an impact on the lives of people now, or they will be in the next five to ten years. 

This project is about telemedicine, which is one of those emerging technologies in use and still evolving in medical and health practice where digital technology is used to provide care and render services to clients and patients remotely. It was popularized by the Covid-19 pandemic. With telemedicine, doctors perform successful surgery on their patients who are thousands of miles away. 

Telemedicine is also called telehealth. 

Why I Chose Telemedicine

I chose telemedicine because my job is in the health care industry, and I see how medical and health care providers use it to care for their patients.  

One Interesting Thing I Learned

'Store-and-Forward' is a process whereby the medical record of a patient is stored in the cloud and enables anyone with access to retrieve that information and provide care for the same patient anywhere in the world. Medical records are no longer restricted to one provider or system. Medical information now hangs in cloud storage. Amazing!  

Lessons Learned 

Working on this project, I learned that: 

+ Telemedicine has advanced and is improving by the day. 

+ Digital technology is the driving force behind telemedicine.

+ Care providers always monitor their patients remotely, especially those with critical needs. 

+ The concepts I have learned in this course can be put to use.