Discussion 1.
Technology is introducing all kinds of improvements to the healthcare industry. The overall main purpose is to improve human life. With emerging technology this seems more possible. With time it may be possible for doctors to treat patients remotely, humans’ physical bodies could be improved, and life expectancy could be extended.
The reading mentioned the following medical innovations that caught my eye: 3D printed organs, brain-computer interfaces for the paralyzed, and artificial intelligence. 3D printed organs could be a huge benefit to everyone if ever created. 3D printers have been used to build all types of things but printing organs would change the need for patients to be on extremely long waiting lists. Maybe in the future, the 3D printers would be able to make organs that perform better than natural ones. Children that are born with defective organs could have them replaced early in life so they can live a normal life. But there are also some negatives as well. The human body could reject these organs as they are not human tissue. This is a potential issue with human transplants so a non-tissue organ could wreak havoc on a person’s body. 3D printing small simple objects can be expensive so imagine a printer created a complex human sized organ. Someone may be able to get a transplant but could be in massive debt based on the printer and materials needed.
Curing paralysis has been a long-standing problem among the medical community. Once someone breaks a vertebra or snaps a spinal cord it is typically seen as an unrepairable injury. In the future it may be possible to implant a device in the brain that will enable those who are paralyzed to move again. This would incredible for humans. People that haven’t been able to walk for years after accidents would be able to once again walk on their own. This could potentially erase paralysis as a disability. Though I do believe that with this technology humans would also become bolder and increase injuries. The thought of being able to completely fix a serious injury would probably encourage humans to live more dangerously. This could lead to people thinking that they can’t be hurt or that they won’t suffer any real consequence. This way of thinking could in fact lead to more deaths as people push themselves harder than they should. Another potential problem is with inserting a device into someone’s brain. The brain is a delicate organ and to have someone install a foreign device could cause more harm than good. The surgery itself could cause permanent damage or even result in death. The device could misfire and cause someone’s body to lose control or maybe even shutdown.
Artificial Intelligence could possibly be the best invention for the medical industry. Computers can process information much faster and with more precision than a human can. Errors from human doctors could be completely removed as A.I. wouldn’t make the same mistakes as humans. A difficult case that may require multiple human doctors several days to diagnose could take minutes for A.I. This difference in time would allow quick decisions for those in critical condition and to process the high amount of cases some hospitals deal with. Another benefit is that A.I wouldn’t discriminate and make medical assumptions and would only consider the facts to treat someone. However, this could also become a problem as well. By only looking at the facts a machine may miss other clues that only a human could recognize. A list of some symptoms could mean a simple cold or something much worse and the A.I could miss the serious illness by focusing on just the symptoms and not the person. Human doctors could also become too reliant on the technology. Human doctors could get comfortable and their skills would degrade. What would happen if all medical decisions are made by A.I and the hospital lose power? Would you want a doctor with degraded skill trying to treat you?
References
Meskó, B. (2019, October 17). 20 medical technology advances: Medicine in the future – Part 1. The Medical Futurist.
https://medicalfuturist.com/20-potential-technological-advances-in-the-future-of-medicine-part-i/#
Meskó, B. (2020, January 1). Top 10 medical technologies of the future: Ranked! [Video]. YouTube.
https://learn.umgc.edu/d2l/le/content/647171/viewContent/23821365/View
The Doctors Company (2019, December 16). Artificial intelligence in healthcare: Benefits and risks. [Video]. YouTube.
Discussion 2.
technology is changing the healthcare industry in many ways, which are improving at a fast rate. some of these technologies are records keeping which are essential to fade away from the old paper style, makes it easier for doctors to communicate with each other about their patients. other technology that will eventually be really helpful and safer is AI, this is because there will be less room for error when conducting surgeries or appendectomies. These two technologies I think are and will be a major change for humanity.
Brain computer interface for paralyzed: this technology would be really beneficial for those that are missing certain censes, this would help them live a more normal life once again, or perhaps see the world for first time. one of the negative things i could see is the fact that computers are not meant to last forever and they deteriorate faster than the human body, therefore it could have some negative implications in the future.
3D printed drugs: the 3D printed drugs are a good thing since it would allow for better way for people to take the drugs instead of avoid them, perhaps imitate certain shapes of foods someone might like. the negative of this could possibly be the demand, gotta think about how long it takes to 3D print any object, it would take more time to print certain drugs than the current system which is molding.
Artificial food: this can have a few controversies, on the positive side this would allow the less use of natural produce and decrease the amount of CO2 being expelled from Caddle as an example, also it would allow space travel to be more efficient since they can whether print their own food. the negative side of this would be the fact that would begin to miss a lot of the major food factors or fresh produce, not to mention the amount of people that consume fresh meat is huge and it would cause distress amongst the populations.
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