Thursday, July 24, 2014

Future Of Healthcare - Impact Of Technology

The advances in the technology and pharmaceutical products have resulted in a lot of innovations in the healthcare industry. New medicines are being developed in order to treat, manage and prevent many diseases and aging conditions of baby boomer population. Based on molecular and genetic tests new medical treatments and discoveries are being made. The future of healthcare seems to be bright as advances are being made in the health care technology and more individualized and targeted tests are being made, which reveal how people respond to different drugs.

 Future of healthcare will also be impacted by the recently started electronic medical records. With the advancement of technology, the electronic medical records are sure to be affected and improved, thereby making the process of maintaining the patient related data in a more enhanced and sophisticated way. Eventually all the paper based patient related data will be converted to electronic medical records, thereby eliminating the need to maintain paper based records. At present thirty eight percent of the physicians have made a switch to the electronic medical record system and this percentage is expected to rise in the near future.

 Telemedicine is another interesting aspect that is bound to gain a lot of focus in the future of healthcare industry. Telemedicine is a process of connecting physicians and patients through modern day technology, such as the internet. Telemedicine allows the physicians to interact with the patients via internet in a real time situation, thereby eliminating the need of making an office visit. This not only saves a lot of time but also cuts down on the expenses. With the advancements in technology, telemedicine is sure to gain a lot of advantage. It is a growing trend that will maintain its progress even in the future.

 Robotic surgery is another important aspect of future of healthcare sector. In the recent years, more and more robots have been assisting the surgeons in the operation rooms and this is a trend that is bound to gain a lot of focus in the coming years. Be it a surgery related to a prostrate cancer or heart, robotic surgery is an efficient solution. Though highly expensive, the usage of a robot for a surgery results in a shorter recovery time, since the surgery procedure is less invasive. Another surgery that a robot can efficiently perform is the hysterectomy. The process of removing the uterus for a wide variety of reasons is known as hysterectomy and this is one of the surgeries that a robot can perform very efficiently. Since, most of the women do not like the scars, which surface after the surgery, robotic surgery is the solution for them. As the robots perform the surgery with very less invasion, there are very less scars and even the recovery time is very short.

 The future of healthcare has a lot of potential in discovering alternative medicines, new treatments and prevention techniques, etc. The more common the technology becomes, the less expensive will it be.

Wednesday, July 9, 2014

Nano Technology - The Future Of It Industry

Nanotechnology means a form of applied science and technology where control of the matter on atomic and molecular scale is possible. When we talk about the scale or structure in nanotechnology, it means 100 nanometers or smaller than that. Basically, nanotechnology means playing with the atoms.

Nano technology is showing new paths of innovation in many traditional industries like medicine and textile industry. The two main reasons for the popularity of this latest technology are:

Nano technology makes it possible to make existing products and processes more cost effective and unbelievably small.

New products developed on the basis of nanotechnology are more durable and efficient.

 Impact of Nanotechnology in the IT industry

 Nano technology has particularly impacted the IT industry in a big way. India, which has seen phenomenal growth in the IT sector over the last decade and the growth is continuing unabated has seen the increasing popularity of nanotechnology in different sectors and its commercial acceptance.

 Manufacturers of computer chips and other hardware are embracing nanotechnology as it has the potential of producing of smaller and faster computers with larger memories. It has helped in creating computer chips and other devices that are many times smaller than what other current technologies permit. Following are some of the innovations possible because of nanotechnology

32-inch flat screen computer monitor becoming popular now have been designed using nanotubes which are tiny cylinders that are the key building blocks. The screen designed is thin like an LCD display but it comes in a lesser price and consumes less power.

Data storage capacity has improved a lot with the use of nanotechnology. Now one can save more and more data in less physical space. This has been beneficial for most of the big or small IT companies.

With the help of nanotechnology, high density, nonvolatile random access memory cards have been designed that are almost 10 times better as compared to similarly sized regular RAM.

Wireless laser mouse have also been designed with nanotechnology. This mouse is perfect for medical offices, libraries, and schools as well as for mobile professionals, gamers, and desktop users. As there is nano coating in the mouse it contains antimicrobial properties which protects the mouse from bacteria.

High resolution Recordable Compact Discs (CD-R) with progressive scans are built with nanotechnology that displays the best in picture quality which is ideal for High Definition content. The discs have layers of inorganic materials, some of which are just 10 nm thick.

 Apart from the above mentioned IT products, there are many more products on which nano technology is making a huge impact. Thanks to the growing importance of nanotechnology in the IT industry, India is witnessing an escalation in IT jobs in this area.

 A growing number of IT jobs in India, the USA, or Canada demand candidates with excellent knowledge of nano technology and IT training institutes imparting training in nano technology are proving to be happy hunting grounds for scores of high-end companies.