ICT in Healthcare

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Robots in medicine

SURGERY: Because robots are able to perform major operations while only making small incisions, patients receive many benefits: lessened trauma, fewer infections, decreased healing time, and a faster discharge from the hospital. Robots are used to perform heart surgery without opening patient’s chests.

EDUCATION: Robots are currently used to test medical students. Pregnant humanoid robots, for instance, prepare students for various birth complications.

ADMINISTRATION: Robots are also affecting the way hospitals are run and medications distributed. They make sure hospital visits are shorter and the risk of infection minimized.

BIONICS: then can also be used to help people with missing legs and arms to live a normal life by giving them robotic prosthetics which they can use as a replacement for the missing limb.

ADVANCES:

• creating almost microscopic robots to carry out surgery & diagnosis from within the body.
• remote controlled robots to carry out surgery.

ADVANTAGES:

• they are less invasive meaning the patient recovers faster.
• they are more accurate than surgeons.
• they are easily controlable.

DISADVANTAGES:

• they are very expensive.
• they can break down.

Uses of computers for administration.