HEALTH TECHNOLOGY

Health technology is defined by the world Health organization as the "application of organized knowledge and skills in the form of devices, medicines, vaccines, procedures and systems developed to solve a health problem and improve quality of lives".

This includes pharmaceuticals, devices, procedures, and organizational systems used in the healthcare industry,as well as computer - supported information systems.

MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY
                    

medical technology,or "medtech", encompasses a wide range of healthcare products and is used to
treat diseases and medical conditions affecting humans. such technologies are intended to improve the quality of healthcare delivered through earlier diagnosis, less invasive treatment options and reduction in hospital stays and rehabilitation times.

Recent advances in medical technology have also focused on cost reduction.medical technology may broadly include medical devices, information technology, biotech, and healthcare services.

The impacts of medical technology involve social and ethical issues.for example, physicians can seek objective information from technology rather than read subjective patient reports.

TYPES OF TECHNOLOGY

Medical technology has evolved into smaller portable devices, for instance smartphones, touchscreens, tablets, laptops, digital link,voice and face recognition and more. with this technology,innovations like

• Electronic health records (EHR)
• Health information exchange (HIE)
• Nationwide Health Information Network (NwHIN) 
• Personal health records (PHRs)
• patient portals nanomedicine
• Genome - based personalized medicine
• Geographical positioning system (GPS)
• Radio frequency identification (RFID)
• Telemedicine, clinical decision support (CDS)
• Mobile home health care and cloud computing came to exist. 

3D printing can be used to produce specialized splints, prostheses, parts for medical devices and inert implants. The end goal of 3D printing is being able to print out customized replaceable body parts.