Technology in Medicine: Its Role and Significance in Terms of Health Policy

Abstract

New avenues in diagnosis and therapy are today increasingly being opened up as a result of sophisticated and advanced technology, and at the forefront of this are evolutionary developments in existing technology. Many medical devices and pieces of equipment are developing at lightning speed as a result of digital technologies, which enable new medical concepts, strategies, and visions to be implemented faster than ever before. This means that developments which previously took a decade to implement are now being introduced at a rate of one a year. Technology thus notonly has a dynamic interrelationship with medicine; it influences and shapes modern medical science on the basis of new technical possibilities. First-class health care would be inconceivable without progress and innovation in the field of medical technology.