Emerging Technologies in Healthcare: A Tutorial

Abstract

Healthcare is a complex system that covers processes of diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of diseases. Technology drives healthcare more than any other force.  Technologies in the healthcare change at fast pace from cutting edge to ubiquity. Some of these technologies will change the practice of healthcare and transform our whole approach to illness and health. Although emerging healthcare technologies will not fix all healthcare problems, they can improve the practice, decision making, and management of healthcare. This paper provides a tutorial on emerging technologies in healthcare.