Although the field of patient-centered medical technologies is relatively young, many technologies, especially those that tether to smartphones, are beginning to have an effect on the practice of medicine.
At the basic end of the spectrum, some health systems now allow patients to view all of their lab results, notes, and scans on a smartphone app from anywhere in the world; at the more complex, diagnostic end, smartphone apps are now capable of monitoring heart rhythms and measuring glucose or albumin concentrations. In terms of patient care, in some US cities, a smartphone app can now deliver a doctor to a patient’s doorstep in as little as 20 minutes.
In August, Medscape surveyed 1423 healthcare providers, including 847 physicians, and 1103 patients to assess their attitudes toward these and other emerging technologies in medicine; the survey follows and expands upon a similar survey done in 2014 by Medscape. The results suggest that although patients and physicians agree that technology holds a great deal of promise for the delivery of medical care, there are important differences in what role exactly these technologies should play.
[Source:-Medscape]
