Opening access to patient care and looking ahead to the future
Medical technology is not only personalizing healthcare, but it’s also increasing access to it. By lowering burdens on patients and physicians, more people will be able to use and enter the healthcare system. The AI and data revolution is reimagining the future of care, surgery, therapy, medication usage, and more. It will be exciting to see where we’re at ten years from now.
While the medical technology industry continues to face significant challenges related to regulatory requirements, cybersecurity issues, recalls and lawsuits, leaders in the industry are navigating and overcoming these areas to push innovation forward like never before.
The impact of IoT will continue to grow as more medical sensors are developed and drive more secure connections to deliver sensitive health data. As device usage keeps increasing among the general population, there will be more data to store and make sense of, which will spur additional AI models doing the detection work that doctors and specialists are currently charged with today. Using devices for continuous monitoring is already showing the deep and remarkable impact personalized healthcare can make.
About the author: Shawn Luke is a technical marketing engineer at DigiKey, the global leader in the cutting-edge commerce distribution of electronic components and automation products worldwide. DigiKey provides more than 15.3 million components from over 2,900 quality name-brand manufacturers.
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