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Pictures of the Future     Fall 2005

Digital Health

In Brief

▄ Information technology and networking are essential tools for improving the quality of health care while cutting costs. That’s why the use of digital technology in health care will continue to increase. Software is already an indispensable aid in the medical field, since it optimizes clinical work processes and information flows and ensures that the right information is available at the right place and at the right time. Whereas hospitals have invested primarily in administration and billing systems over the last few years, the focus in the future will turn to procurement of information technology for medical processes. Europe has high hopes regarding electronic health cards and doctors’ networks   
For more see:Facts and Forecasts, Health Card, Suzhou Municipal Hospital, Putting IT into Practice and The Heart Center of Indiana

▄ Computers support doctors with diagnoses and treatment planning. Siemens solutions are providing valuable assistance for identifying cancer at an early stage. For example, automatic image processing systems can recognize very small lumps in the breast, colon and lungs. "Virtual flights" through the colon enable doctors to identify polyps that might be missed using conventional procedures. In less than 20 years, automatic cancer identification systems may advance to a point that will make biopsies of suspicious lumps unnecessary, while intelligent diagnostic systems with access to databases will help doctors make decisions   more

▄ Digital technology also offers tremendous benefits when it comes to treating illnesses. For example, magnetic navigation systems for cardiac catheters allow cardiologists to precisely maneuver through small blood vessels by means of a joystick in a manner that makes it possible to get around even the narrowest curves—and such navigation can even be conducted automatically. In what would amount to a medical sensation, such systems may relieve patients of the trauma of bypass operations in the future   more

▄ Medical imaging devices deliver huge amounts of data from which computer programs can create detailed images of the inside of the body within seconds. Merging technologies (such as CT and PET) into hybrid devices improves image quality and simplifies diagnoses. And because special software can rapidly and precisely compare the images recorded during different examinations, the use of such hybrids also makes it easier to monitor the course of treatment. Ultrasound examinations with newly developed devices can even provide doctors with moving 3D images   more

 
 
 
 
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