As the world is advancing into a digital era, more and more industries are turning to IT for help. Healthcare in IT Industry has seen an exponential rise in the past few decades and surely, it has added to the efficiency of healthcare industry in a significant amount. IT has made healthcare processes a lot faster than ever before while also boosting the accuracy and minimizing the number of mistakes. 

The following are some ways in which it has added to the efficiency and effectiveness of healthcare industry.

• Electronic health records

If you ask an expert about what is the biggest contribution of IT sector in Healthcare, the answer will be the electronic records. Health records were prone to mistakes, damages and inaccuracy back when the system was manual and based around pen and paper. With the introduction of cloud based recording systems, doctors now have tons of medical records and case histories to refer from. They are also vital for various medical studies and researches. This data is also easily accessible and easy to maintain which saves a lot of time and efforts.

• Introduction of IOT

Although it is still in the early stages, this system, if successful, has the capability to enhance the speed and efficiency of healthcare by a huge margin. With IOT, there will be automated patient records along with reducing the time taken by the doctors to diagnose a patient. IOT will also play a major role in robotic surgeries as the AI robots for surgeries are getting better day by day. This could perhaps be the biggest breakthrough in the medical industry in this century. It will allow the healthcare facilities to handle a lot more patients than they ever could while also making the whole process a bit cheaper in retrospect. It will also facilitate faster diagnosis of diseases resulting in better treatment.