Digital Health

DIGITAL HEALTH With the advent of the Internet, many aspects of our reality have changed: communication, data storage, access to information, and the list continues. One of the ways in which the Internet and technology have allowed for a better quality of life is with its integration into our healthcare system. Here is how digitized health has revolutionized the way healthcare professionals operate: Personalized Medicine: With scientific advances in genome sequencing, we are now able to customize treatment, medication and preventative measures according to each individual's DNA makeup. FROM REACTION PREVENTION TO Early Diagnosis Compared to 5 years ago when we practiced medicine at a population level, we can now screen each individual according to their biological and physiological makeup for conditions such as: Diabetes Down syndrome Color blindness Sickle cell disease [gluten] Breast or prostate cancer Hereditary diseases/genetic disorders Efficiency Healthcare costs will decrease with personalized medicine via Reducing the time, cost and failure rate of pharmaceutical clinical trials Customized disease-prevention strategies • Predict susceptibility to disease • Improve disease detection • Preempt disease progression Better Communication Mobile Health: Healthcare processes on-the-go ll Allows for healthcare professionals and patients to communicate outside of the doctor's office. This includes the following: It is estimated that by the year 2019, the global mobile health market will reach Appointment messages $20.7 BILLION Preventative exams Satisfaction surveys Interactive emails Connecting Communication Two-way text messages Test results delivery WITH BIOMETRICS UP-TO-DATE MEDICAL INFORMATION ON THE PATIENT'S PROGRESS Patients can be active players in their treatment Real-time feedback from professionals Monitoring blood pressure, EKG, blood count INTEGRATION OF COMMUNICATION: A single system of communication between the nurses, doctors and pharmacists allows for an easy flow of information to facilitate the process from check-up to medication. CURRENT STATISTICS: 85% 42% of patients say that they would better follow prescribed plans if they received encouragement from their doctors between visits of healthcare providers want to increase communication to patients 55% 38% of healthcare providers of providers don't communicate between want to increase visits to provide care communication to patients. SINGLE ELECTRONIC DATABASE It is estimated that by the year 2020, we will exceed 35 ZETTABYTES (each zettabyte represents 1 trillion gigabytes) of data Equal to data stored on 250 billion DVDS = 1 ZETTABYTE Rate of current data storage: multiple zettabytes each year Information Sensors: dominant source of Patient information on a secure service provider worldwide generated data. Tracks history, current diagnosis, progress, and predicts scientific patterns (disease outbreaks, flu/cold epidemics) Accounted for 1,250 billion gigabytes of World-wide development in diseases and diagnosis data in 2010 Healthcare professionals have access to new findings, methods and tech developments in science around the world Individual Empowerment: Not only has digitizing health benefited healthcare professionals, it has also helped patients to better take care of themselves via: Easy access to information > Searching symptoms, medical info, and treatments online Apps > For tracking and changing patterns in > sleep > diet > exercise > heart monitoring > blood pressure > Medical advice for a better lifestyle > Doctor-recommended programs for certain medical ailments Online forums > Communities of people interested in the same scientific field, with new contributions/ insights from professionals > Dietary programs for weight loss > Natural medicine, natural remedies Live Chat with Professionals ULTIMATELY, THE DIGITAL REVOLUTION IN THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM HAS CHANGED THE OVERALL HEALTH OF THE PUBLIC! 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