Everyone worries about the health and well-being of their family especially right now during the pandemic. We all want every person in our family to be as happy, comfortable and healthy as they can be, but certain things may happen throughout the course of our lives that may prevent this. Kids can get hurt when they are young and our bodies are constantly changing as we age. With this, it becomes increasingly difficult to ensure the health and well-being of our family members. Despite the constant struggle for maintaining everyday health, there have been some recent changes in the medical field that can benefit your family’s health. These changes are catered toward ensuring the limited number of issues that families are faced with regarding the healthcare system.

1. Precision Health

Also known as personalized medicine, precision health refers to the type of healthcare that doctors can use to get to know more about their patients in detail. With this, your doctor is capable of exploring medicine and healthcare that’s more catered to you and your family’s health in particular. Imagine a new system where health specialists can easily scan millions of anonymized individual patient records for common health conditions and personal medical histories just as yours. Such a system would allow you to track your health, so you can better manage it in order to avoid illnesses before they start and to fight disease that may be lurking around the corner. You might be amazed at how many different diseases are curable, provided you have access to all the information you need about your health status and health conditions. 

Every family is different and every person’s biological makeup is different, so having a more precise background of your family’s medical health is beneficial to maintaining your health. Precision Health takes an innovative approach to diagnostics and prevention, focusing on the different factors that facilitate optimal health throughout one’s lifetime. 

2. AR and VR

Commonly known as a way to mix reality, AR and VR can better the healthcare system by making way for newer discoveries from a medical professional using the technology as well as patients that will receive care with the technology. AR is specifically beneficial for understanding how certain things interact with the real world as well as by surgeons learning how to better perform operations. If needed, your family can benefit from the implementation of both AR and VR in the healthcare system.

3. Telehealth Software

One of the most beneficial changes to the medical healthcare system that are specifically catered to the situation we face in 2020 is the introduction of telehealth software. This refers to the communication and interaction of doctors and healthcare professionals with their patients via technology. More specifically, most healthcare systems, like doctors’ offices and hospitals, are engaging in remote appointments to help limit person-to-person contact and to limit the spread of Coronavirus. 

Through telehealth software, families can have more direct and easier access to healthcare professionals’ advice, recommendations and expertise. Doctors can even prescribe medicine through the software systems, making it more convenient for you and your family to have access to care without leaving the comfort and safety of your own home. It is important that health services use high-quality and reliable telemedicine software though to ensure that their patients are properly taken care of. Remote appointments and similar software can be extremely beneficial to your family because you are greatly limiting your exposure to others.

4. Global BioBank

Another great change to the medical care system that’s beneficial to your family is the wider access to the biobank. With newer developments in technology, a wider range of people can have direct access to the biobank and all that it contains. Technology allows for more communication across all continents around the world, and it also allows for more access to information about the biobank.

More specifically, the biobank is the collection of health samples that medical communities use to distribute information regarding drug creation and biological makeup. It’s essentially what medical professionals use to create drugs in preventing and curing diseases. With a global biobank, we can provide more accurate and effective medical care that caters to a wider diversity of people, making your family safer themselves as well as aside those around them.

5. 3D Printing

Whether you need a limb attachment or you need to reshape something, 3D printing within the medical field provides a wide basis of benefits. 3D printing is changing the medical field in a variety of ways. It is becoming more commonly used to create different-shaped medicines to encourage kids to take their medicine. But it can also be used to create new medical supplies or other items.

In the healthcare industry, the benefits of 3D printing are huge, and a large number of people are using it now. Doctor’s are able to use 3D printing for prosthetics that immensely helps patients in need of them. It can also replicate a variety of organs and body parts that will be beneficial to thousands of people. It is helping to save money and time for medical professionals and clinics. The costs to use this type of printing are also incredibly cheap, making the process of this printing much more efficient and cost effective for clinics and hospitals.

6. Artificial Food

Lastly, some healthcare systems are incorporating artificial food into their market as a way to help end the downsides of food shortages. These systems are making a way to limit the number of people that go hungry by using natural and artificial vitamins to produce foods that could be distributed around the world. This may not directly help your family, but other families around the world will positively benefit.

Overall, each of these changes in the medical field has been introduced to better the greater health of everyone throughout the world. But they can also be applied to better the health of your family. With these medical changes, your family has the benefit of direct access to medical care in general as well as through their personal health history.