Technological Advancements in the Healthcare Domain

Abstract

Improvements on technological devices have affected many areas of life. In recent years, the usage of mobile phones and devices have increased rapidly with the enhancement of internet accesibility and decline in the prices of internet usage. Promising technological advancements and newly developed applications in the healthcare domain aim to make life easier, which are mainly utilized for personal healthcare, disease management, tracking patient behaviour and providing easier and more flexible ways for communication between physicians and patients. In this study, some of the existing applications that are developed for the healthcare domain are reviewed and their working principles are investigated.