Newer, Better, Cheaper? (10 ways)

Technology can theoretically reduce health care costs. There are a few different specific technologies that can reduce health care costs.

1. Digital health record databases (more efficient than paper records)
   
2. Automated "check-ups" where the results are sent to your doctor (fewer doctor visits)
   
3. Improved preventative medicine programs (tips and schedules of what to do and what not to do to prevent sickness and chronic conditions)
   
4. Digital ER waiting room evaluation to see if perhaps sending a patient to a clinic is a better option (save money from unnecessary ER visits)
   
5. Giving patients with chronic conditions monitoring systems that could send updates to their physicians (fewer doctor visits)
   
6. Improved virtual reality training for medical students (cheaper than actual training)
   
7. Improved discharge procedures for patients in hospitals (give them individualized programs that can be uploaded onto smart phones)
8. Devices that can decrease healing time (decrease doctor visits, less cost)
9. Cheaper diagnostic testing for diseases (quicker results, faster treatment is given leads to less treatment needed)
10. Genome analysis of a newborn to know ways to avoid diseases they may be prone to

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