Information Technology and Healthcare

There are many ways that Information Technology and healthcare are connected. All nurses must be trained and must completely understand the computer system that the hospital uses. My wife is a travel nurse, so before ever working her new assignment she must learn the new system. I have seen her have to take 8 hours for up to two weeks both virtually and in a classroom setting. She has told me that every system for every hospital is different, and that complete knowledge of the systems are needed to perform daily work tasks. This system is used to monitor patients and communicate between departments of what is needed to treat patients. All medicine can only be obtained by through a computer, and it must be scanned directly to the patient. Being that computers are becoming a part of every aspect of life; it is important that the everyone have some experience with them. This is very important within the healthcare field being that most machines and medical equipment is ran by computers.

Being that advancement in computers and technology is happening so fast, improvement in healthcare should come easier and faster. With microchips getting smaller and smaller, I believe that computers will be more commonly place into humans to monitor health conditions and even for treatment. Virtual reality could also be used to train nurses and doctors for a more lifelike training program. There are many other ways that technology will help improve healthcare in the future and I could only imagine what healthcare would look like in the next 25 years. 

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