How Does Medical Technology Affect Our Lives?

In the new era of science and technology, undeniably technologies play a very crucial role in human’s life as if it is a necessary to all human beings. The technologies are growing faster day by day, year by year until it seems to conquer everything even small particles that can be detected. Technology is used everywhere, but it can be a matter of life and death in the medical professions. Technology has literally helped in saving millions of lives. Medical technology is simply the use of our knowledge to build objects to protect living organisms from disease or death. It encompasses a wide range of healthcare products and is used to diagnose, monitor and treat diseases or medical conditions affecting humans. There are two main areas of medical technology: diagnosis and treatment (Study.com, 2015). Diagnosis is the act of discovering or identifying the exact cause of an illness or a problem (Oxford, 2015). Treatment is something that is done to cure an illness or injury, or to make somebody look and feel good. Again, there are simple things: hot water bottles, cold compresses, stitches, scalpels (sharp blades), band aids and casts are all simple devices that can be used (with the

The existence of medical technologies such as advanced medical devices and diagnostics aided in saving many lives and improved the quality of patient care. Medical Technology Association of Australia expressed that, “technology saves and improves lives by detecting diseases earlier, and by providing more effective treatment options for patients” (Medical Technology Association of Australia, 2013). The statement is compatible to the benefit of the medical technologies that can bring improvement of quality to human 's life. Whereby, the improvement of the quality of humans ' life is the result from the efficiency of the disease diagnosis and the advancement in the patient care and