Innovation in healthcare

Furthermore, the medical technology sector will also lead the path for our healthcare practices to
reach the promises of this new industrial revolution. The Industrial Revolution was the engine behind
various advances in medicine. The advancements in personalised healthcare will trigger opportunities
for developing faster and more effective treatments. Industrialization allowed medical instruments
(such as scalpels, microscope lenses, test tubes, and other equipment) to be produced more quickly.
Using machine manufacturing, refinements to these instruments could more efficiently roll out to the
physicians that needed them. The convergence of consumer products like mobile phones and medical
technology is also on the rise. Mobile health applications can monitor and provide direct provision of
care to patients. As communication between physicians in different areas improved, the details behind
new cures and treatments for disease could be dispersed quickly, resulting in better care. However,
the innovation doesn’t stop there. Nanotechnology, or the ability to manipulate atoms and molecules,
has the potential to vastly improve diagnosis and treatment. Recently, MIT researchers were able to
use nanotubes that help heart disease patients. At the same time, nanotechnology is being used to
detect new viruses. Technological developments are happening at every corner. And this is just the
tip of the iceberg. The speed that innovation has been happening is something that we need to be
aware and be able to adjust.