Technological breakthroughs in health care: improvements with a global impact
28-04-2020
Tekniker
Tekniker is able to meet the technological demands posed by the health care sector thanks to its degree of expertise and command of in-house technologies. The organisation’s ultimate goal consists in furthering digitisation in the health care sector and to offering complete solutions in terms of customised follow-ups, diagnoses and treatments in an attempt to reduce costs and shorten the amount of time required for these processes.
Many sectors will be able to benefit from applying technology and digitising their processes, although some of the biggest challenges are related to the health sector where the incorporation of technologies is reported to be in the early stages. It is essential, therefore, to incorporate technology to deal with the issue of an increasingly aging population and to deliver customised solutions as quickly and economically as possible.
Tekniker, a member of the Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA) and a specialist in a number of technologies, has the capacity to anticipate, together with other stakeholders in the health care sector, any challenges arising in this field to always meet the needs of a number of actors (citizens, patients, public health services and entrepreneurs) from a technological perspective.
In the health sector there are two main areas where technology can make a significant contribution and Tekniker is doing its utmost to deliver solutions.
The first of these areas is focused on a constant search to achieve greater efficiency in public health care systems. The increasing demand for health services resulting from aging populations requires more resources. Digitising the health sector, therefore, is becoming increasingly relevant and, in this regard, Tekniker offers a number of applications to facilitate this deployment.
The second area is related to the revolution that is currently underway in the field of traditional diagnoses, treatments and follow-ups in terms of implementing customised care. In this particular case, technology provides the help required to carry out processes quicker, more economically, with less specialist interventions and in a customised manner. Consequently, Tekniker’s ability to offer technologies combining different specialities (sensors, electronics, artificial vision, microfluidics, etc.) allows complete solutions to be offered.
The major potential resulting from technologies applied to the health sector is significantly boosting development actions in this field. Technology has arrived to support one of the most relevant aspects, namely, our health. Furthermore, it also intends to develop and improve efficiency from an economic perspective in the complex and costly as health care sector. Finally, and more specifically, the development of digitised devices for customised diagnoses, treatments and follow-ups will represent a major global step forward, not only for the health sector but also for society at large.
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