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Noteworthy Healthcare IT Innovations in The Last Year

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Brooke Campbell
Noteworthy Healthcare IT Innovations in The Last Year

The last one year has been quite memorable for the healthcare IT sector. There have been massive changes in the ways which healthcare is administered, both in care and financial perspective, but the biggest one has been the incredible innovations in medical devices and software.

As a result, healthcare IT companies have recorded considerable growth. In fact, a recent report by Markets and Markets indicates that the North American IT market is projected to reach $104 billion by 2020 at an annual growth of 13.5% between 2015 and 2020.

The majority of this growth is attributed to the increasing adoption of numerous healthcare IT solutions from firms like True North to healthcare practices, with the aim of meeting the strict regulatory requirements for patient safety and care.

Also, the growing need to curb the rising healthcare costs and improve the quality of healthcare services offered while maintaining the operational efficiency of the healthcare facilities have also contributed to the innovations.

Furthermore, as these changes take place, many healthcare practices are increasingly embracing EMR consulting as a sure way of streamlining their healthcare technology.

The following are some of the amazing healthcare technology innovations that have taken place in the last 12 months or so.

Advances in prosthetics

This innovation aims to assist people with amputations with neutrally control prosthetic limbs. The goal of this innovation is to help people continue to do their normal duties and improve the quality of their life.

Program developments in this innovation may have major impacts on patients with medical amputations, spinal cord injuries and neurological diseases. However, a major challenge in this program is creating an interface that directly matches our nervous system.

Robotic nurse assistant

This is one of the most amazing innovations ever in human history. These robots vary from full robots like Robot for Interactive Body Assistance (RIBA) to assisted hardware like the Hybrid Assistive Limb (HAL) robot suits.

RIBA is the first robot ever to lift or set a real human from or to bed or wheelchair. The robot has very strong human-like arms which it uses for lifting purposes and novel tactile guidance methods which use high-accuracy sensors.

The Hybrid Assistive Limb robot suit gives a care worker the ability to lift a patient with more stability and strength which helps to prevent injuries to nurses. And not just a Robotic nurse assistant, a completely robotic surgery is something that the healthcare IT sector needs to watch out for

Miniature leadless pacemakers

Next-gen pacemakers are 10% the size of conventional pacemakers, and they are only designed for one heart chamber. They are more effective than the previous models but can only be used by 15% of the pacemaker patients.

Artificial retinas

Companies like Nano-Retina have been in the frontline in developing a solution intended to restore sight to people who have lost their vision due to retinal degenerative diseases.

The NR600 implant, a tiny Nano Retina Device, replaces the damaged or degenerated photoreceptor cells, creating the stimulation required to activate the remaining retinal cells. The NR600 comprises of two components; a set of eyeglasses worn by the patient and a tiny implantable chip.

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