Medical technology refers to procedures, equipment, and processes used to deliver medical care. Examples include new surgical procedures, drugs, medical devices, and electronic health records. Telemedicine allows medical experts to virtually assist patients using video conferencing equipment. While this provides instant access to specialists, it may lack personal connection. The low-cost origami paper sensor can detect diseases like malaria and HIV from urine or blood samples, providing quick results similar to a pregnancy test. Growth in medical technology is driven by consumer demand for better health and wealth increasing demand for innovations. However, widespread access to health information online can increase unnecessary tests and patient anxiety.

1. TECHNOLOGY WILL SAVE
OUR MINDS AND BODIES
A Look into What Future Lives Will Depend On

2. KEY QUESTIONS
*What is Medical technology?
*What new technologies exist in the medical world ?
*How are they being implemented?
*What are the pros and cons of these technologies?
*What factors affect the growth of medical technology?
*How do these things effect the medical community and it’s
systems?

3. MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY
 The term “Medical Technology” can be used to refer to the
procedures, equipment, and processes by which medical care is delivered.
 Examples of changes in technology would include new medical and
surgical procedures (e.g., angioplasty, joint replacements), drugs
(e.g., biologic agents), medical devices (e.g., CT scanners, implantable
defibrillators), and new support systems (e.g., electronic medical records
and transmission of information, telemedicine), as well as innovations to
the quality and standard of life.

4. MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY

5. TELEMEDICINE
*Is a new program that
virtually delivers medical
experts to a patient's bedside.
*With the portable
equipment, experts from
across the world can zoom in
on the patient's features, check
X-rays, ask questions and even TO WATCH VIDEO VISIT:
conduct physical exams. http://www.wsmv.com/story/15023983/new-
technology-can-help-save-lives

6. PROS OF TELEMEDICINE
 There is one neurologist per every 100,000
people in the United States, this network provides
an instant doctor for patients in need.
Most hospitals do not have 24/7 neurology
coverage and this service allows a hospital to bring
that expert to the bedside in no time

7. PROS OF TELEMEDICINE
Medical Fact…Strokes are
the No. 3 killer in the
United States. Every 45
seconds someone in
America has a stroke and So that is why
depending on the time it this medical
takes to get patients technology is
care, they can have considered so
permanent disability or important!
death.

8. CONS OF TELEMEDICINE
 The doctor is not actually present, greater room for
error.
 It is costly to set up rooms with virtual doctor assistance
 Patients may not feel the level of care is there, lack of
connection between doctor and patient.
 A device is the new doctor…

9. CONS OF TELEMEDICINE
Dr. Tablet at
your service

10. ORIGAMI PAPER SENSOR
 Technology does not always mean that latest most high -tech
gadgets, sometimes the most smallest advancements can be the
most difficult, but yet SAVE THE MOST LIVES.
 The Origami Paper Sensor Origami paper sensor researchers
say is a 3D point-of-care sensor used to detect malaria and HIV
 The sensor also know as the oPad can be printed on a simple
office printer paper and costs about 10 cents.

11. ORIGAMI PAPER SENSOR
From a sample of urination on the paper
(glucose, malaria, HIV, etc.) becomes targeted and a specific reaction
occurs, such as the paper turning a certain color or showing two
lines instead of one, determining the results.

12. PROS AND CONS
*Can be assembled in less *Its only a
than a minute for less than a indication for the
dime disease and not the
cure
*Provides instant results, no
waiting game *Issue of how to
dispense this
*Similar to pregnancy test technology to
technology, so we know it is everyone in need of
reliable in its indications for it
disease

13. WHEN MEDICAL
TECHNOLOGY BECOMES
TO MUCH
 While empowering individuals with timely, relevant and
personalized information about their health will undoubtedly lead to
better outcomes in some circumstances, these innovations do not
come without potential downsides…
 Questions to think about:
*How the Internet and Medical Health technology relate?
*What Factors Affect the Growth of New Medical Technology?
*How Changes in Medical Technology Affect Health Care Costs ?

14. THE INTERNET AND THE
MEDICAL WORLD
*The internet now allows us to learn about a condition we might be
suffering from, connect with other people in the same boat and even read
the relevant scientific literature on the topic , however what do we do
with all of this new information….
*Problems begin to arise from this outcome by patients not having the
training and analytical skills to translate the information they find into
better outcomes
*Also it is said this explosion of unfiltered data has unintended
effects, such as an increase in unnecessary tests and procedures or
growing angst amongst patients about their health

15. The Internet and the Medical World

16. WHAT IS AFFECTING
MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY
GROWTH
Many factors influence innovation in medical care
including:
1. Consumer demand for better health is a prime factor.
2. Research shows that the use of medical care rises with
income: as people and the nation become wealthier, they
provide a fertile market for new medical innovations.

17. WHAT IS AFFECTING
MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY
GROWTH
3. Consumers want medical care that will help them achieve and
maintain good health, and advances in medical technology are
perceived as ways to promote those goals.
4. Consumer demand is affected by the increased public awareness
of medical technology through the media, the Internet, and
direct-to-consumer advertising.

19. HEALTH CARE COSTS OF
MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY
 A key question from policymakers is why spending on health care
consistently rises more rapidly than spending on other goods and services.
 Health care experts point to the development and diffusion of
medical technology as primary factors in explaining the persistent
difference between health spending and overall economic growth, with
some arguing that new medical technology may account for about one-
half or more of real long-term spending growth.

20. A Break Down of the Factors
*Development of new treatments for previously untreatable
terminal conditions, including long-term maintenance therapy for
treatment of such diseases as diabetes, end-stage renal
disease, and AIDS
*Major advances in clinical ability to treat previously untreatable
acute conditions, such as coronary artery bypass graft
*Development of new procedures for discovering and treating
secondary diseases within a disease, such as erythropoietin to treat
anemia in dialysis patients

21. A BREAK DOWN OF THE
FACTORS
 Expansion of the indications for a treatment over time, increasing the patient
population to which the treatment is applied
 On-going, incremental improvements in existing capabilities, which may improve
quality
 Clinical progress, through major advances or by the cumulative effect of incremental
improvements, that extends the scope of medicine to conditions once regarded as
beyond its boundaries, such as mental illness and substance abuse.

22. CONCLUSION
Medical technology will always continue to
change along with human demand and
hopefully for the future it will develop for
the better and for the right reasons, being an
improvement of life and the well being of
people all over.

23. REFERENCES
*AdvaMed. “The Value of Investment in Health Care: Better Care, Better Lives”
(January 2004): 14-21, Retrieved from
http://www.advamed.org/newsroom/medtap/medtapreport.pdf.
*David M. Cutler and Mark McClellan, “Is Technological Change in Medicine
Worth It?” Health Affairs 20(5) (September/October 2001): 11-29.
*Richard A. Rettig, “Medical Innovation Duels Cost Containment,” Health Affairs
(Summer 1994): 15

24. REFERENCES
 “New Technology Can Help Save Lives”. (2011). Retrieved from
http://www.wsmv.com/story/15023983/new-technology-can-help-
save-lives
*Moore, Elizabeth. “Origami Sensor”. (2012). Retrieved from
http://news.cnet.com/8301-27083_3-57393611-247/origami-paper-
sensor-could-detect-malaria-hiv-for-10-cents/