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Advanced Medical Technologies: Enhancing Patient Care and Outcomes

Explore how computer technology is revolutionizing medicine through data mining, advanced imaging techniques like ultrasound, CT, and MRI scans, as well as innovative tools in emergency medicine, surgery, and intensive care. Discover how computerized medical records improve efficiency and patient care, facilitating better communication and providing access to critical information for healthcare professionals.

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Advanced Medical Technologies: Enhancing Patient Care and Outcomes

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  1. Computers and Medicine Week 9

  2. Medical Advances • Data Mining • Beyond the human eye • More magnification • Ultrasound • CT scans • MRI scans

  3. Emergency Medicine • Communication • Cardiac defibrillator • Vehicle Navigation

  4. Intensive Care • Monitors • Ventilator

  5. Surgery • Laser • Keyhole • Microsurgery • Training programs

  6. Inside the Body • Endoscope • Laparoscope • Micro-robots

  7. In the Doctor’s Office • Equipment • Records

  8. In the Dentist’s Office • Instant imaging • Records • Sizing simulations • Implant lab

  9. Computerize Medical Records • Provide better medical care • Lower cost • Have physician acceptance • Improve efficiency • Easy to use • Easy to transfer • Store images

  10. Capabilities • Organize and standardize charts • Provide drug information • Provide health maintenance • Provide medical education • Storage and transfer of info

  11. Medicine and the Internet • Videoconferencing • Patient data warehousing • Health diagnosis • Cancer treatment protocol • Laboratory simulations • Self assessment programs • Case studies

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