5 technologies assisting the future of medicine

For centuries the world of medicine has been dominated by bruises, bumps, rashes, and other symptoms felt by the patient or discovered by the physician, along with the help of scanning technology such as the microscope, the x-ray, and the MRI. But no matter how helpful these machines proved to be, doctors still had to search for the symptoms. To diagnose cancer, for example, they had to locate a tumor, and to find the correct drug, they underwent a costly, long process of trial and error, which often involved trying millions of compounds on animals to find the one that worked the best.

Thanks to modern technology, this approach to healthcare is winding down. With the use of sensors and automated processes, medical professionals are transforming the treatment and diagnosis of human illnesses. This day in age, new drugs and devices in clinical trials are no longer one-size-fits-all, but are targeted to individual people with specific diseases.

Modern technology alone will not solve the issues that healthcare faces globally today, since human guidance is still needed in many ways. A new balance between the two, using medical innovations while still keeping the interaction between the patients and caregivers, can make for a beneficial healthcare system.

To see which technologies are in store for the future of healthcare, including artificial intelligence and augmented reality, click the link below.