Bøger af Tandy Rocco

Global health is an area of study, research, and practice that focuses on improving health and achieving equity in health for all people around the world. The objectives of global health include improving worldwide health, reducing disparities, and protecting global threats that overlook national borders. It consists of various perspectives that emphasize the factors and administration of health in international contexts. Medicine, epidemiology, demography, economics, and other social sciences such as sociology, development studies, psychology, anthropology, cultural studies and law, can help in recognizing the determinants of health in societies. Technology plays a major role in the advancement of healthcare and medicine. Digital technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), virtual reality (VR), healthcare trackers, wearables, sensors, telehealth, and telemedicine, etc. are now being used increasingly to make the healthcare systems cheaper, faster, and more effective in managing diseases. The topics included in this book on global health and health technology are of utmost significance and will provide incredible insights to the readers. It will help the readers in keeping pace with the rapid changes in this field.

The technologies or medical devices that have been designed or developed using IT systems, algorithms, artificial intelligence (AI), cloud or blockchain, which are meant for supporting the healthcare organizations fall under the umbrella of healthcare technology. The advancement of technology has led to the adoption of medical equipment and technologies such as electronic health records (EHRs) and diagnostic imaging machines. EHRs have substituted the paper medical records thus making it easier to access and organize the medical records, reports and other healthcare data. Technology solutions help in increasing the productivity as they maintain collaboration across systems and manage costs. Healthcare interoperability across diverse and fragmented healthcare systems significantly reduces the total cost of care by minimizing the number of unnecessary or repeated tests which ultimately help the clinicians make faster diagnoses. It further automates the process of measuring and capturing data of patient care to spot the specific issues that need improvement. This book outlines the processes and applications of strategic heath technology. It traces the progress in this field and highlights some of its key concepts and applications. This book includes contributions of experts and scientists which will provide innovative insights into this field.