Healthcare IT market builds the
foundation of Artificial Intelligence-
based Healthcare System and
creates lucrative Job Opportunities
By Nikhil Bhusare
E
valuation–Diagnosis–Treatment.
This is the traditional and
generally accepted method of a
medical procedure. However, the
healthcare sector has evolved over the last
couple of years. Today’s healthcare is using
a new, digital companion to determine
how patients feel based on much more
than their present medical condition.
Healthcare information technology or
healthcare IT is widely used by doctors,
surgeons, and pharmacists to understand
medical information of patients and
improve communication between doctors
and patients.
WHAT IS THE USE OF HEALTHCARE IT?
The major advantage of the healthcare
IT is that it reduces the communication
gap between a patient and a doctor as the
New Job opportunities, the reduced communication gap between a patient and a doctor, the artificial
intelligence-based healthcare system, and the digitization has surely created an amazing era of healthcare IT.
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healthcare IT collects and converts the
patient’s information from paper records
and medical charts to electronic data.This
migration provides direct access to patient’s
information to doctors irrespective
of their location and enables to share
knowledge with other doctors than the
current medication providers. Moreover,
the doctor-recommended prescriptions
can be transmitted electronically owing
to the healthcare IT, which has improved
efficiency and reduced the valuable time.
Healthcare IT is much more than just an
electronic version of paper medical records.
It includes previous maintained medical
images by radiology departments and
opinions of specialists on a certain method
of treatment. In addition, the digital
messages including emails, healthcare tips,
chat logs, the day-to-day medical progress
of a patient, and financial factors such as
scheduling and billing fall under the sky
of healthcare IT. However, these records
must be stored and maintained carefully to
prevent invasion of privacy. On the other
hand, the technological advancements
and easily accessible facilities fuel the
demand for healthcare IT. Roughly, two-
third Americans have instant access to
the internet, which eliminates a patient’s
restrictions with medical consultants.The
tech giants such as Microsoft, Apple, and
other new start-ups are developing up-to-
the-minute opportunities in the healthcare
IT market by improving access to digital
applications and providing efficient security
features. This has increased demand for
healthcare IT services, boosting the growth
of the healthcare information technology