• Title of article

    Emerging 21st Century Medical Technologies

  • Author/Authors

    Bajwa, Mohammad Metropolitan College of New York, USA

  • From page
    649
  • To page
    655
  • Abstract
    Although several medical technologies have been around since decades and are in the continuous process of development, some latest technologies are changing the way medicine would be practiced in the future. These technologies would allow medical practice from anywhere, any time and from any device. These include smart phones, Tablet PCs, Touch screens, digital ink, voice recognition, Electronic Health Records (EHRs), Health Information Exchange (HIE), Nationwide Health Information Network (NwHIN), Personal Health Records (PHRs), patient portals, Nanomedicine, genome-based personalized medicine, Geographical Positioning System (GPS), Radiofrequency Identification (RFID), Telemedicine, clinical decision support (CDS), mobile home healthcare, cloud computing, and social media, to name a few significant.
  • Keywords
    Emerging medical technologies , Electronic Health Record (EHR) , Electronic Medical Record (EMR) , Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) , Global Positioning System (GPS) , Telemedicine , Smart phones , Tablet Personal Computers , Patient portals , Nanomedicine
  • Journal title
    Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences
  • Journal title
    Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences
  • Record number

    2643379