Hospital Of The Future Analysis

The future of medical technology experiences new advances everyday. The surgeries that seem so common these days, were rare, or did not exist at all about one hundred year ago. Medicine has evolved tremendously, from their being no anesthesia, to patients being able to go through massive surgeries without feeling pain. So one can only imagine what there is to come in the future in regards to medical technology, medicines, and treatments that can, and will be developed in order to help current health issues facing society. Michael Andrews, the author of “ The Hospital of the Future” uses his voice to introduce the reader to many technological advances, and the obstacles that have slowed them down.
The article begins by describing one woman’s experience with a robot like machine that would record her vitals and such, and then report it back to the doctors. Although this machine is a very new piece of technology within the medical field, but definitely very effective and helpful. Furthermore, this article discusses the importance of technological advances within the health field. These advance allow for swift and quick treatment of a patient for example, a proposed identifier, which would be implanted in a patient and contain all of their medical
The author presents very big and important advances, alongside smaller improvements, as the one seen in Kaiser Permanente’s Oakland Medical Center where the author states “doctors and nurses carry flat computer tablets about the size of a piece of paper that can access every Kaiser patient’s entire medical record.” (Andrew) Although that is a minute thing, it makes the process of going over a patients record much easier. The first few paragraphs of this article showed how the ball started rolling when it came to medical advances, and then presented an obstacle that was very difficult to maneuver around, the