{"id":76,"date":"2015-10-13T09:26:41","date_gmt":"2015-10-13T09:26:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mr-west.uk\/igcse\/?page_id=76"},"modified":"2020-11-12T19:13:31","modified_gmt":"2020-11-12T19:13:31","slug":"6-10-computers-in-medicine","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/learnlearn.uk\/igcseict\/6-10-computers-in-medicine\/","title":{"rendered":"6.10 Computers in Medicine"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Computers in Medicine<\/h2>\n

Over the last 50 years, computers have had an increasingly important role in medicine. As covered in the measurement lesson, computers have long been used to monitor patients’ data and vital signs, but computers are now rapidly taking a central role in the operating theatre .<\/p>\n

This explores how computers have been used to benefit medicine, together with what the future might hold for medicine of the future.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Patient Records<\/h2>\n
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Computerised patient records<\/h3>\n

Before the advent of computers, patient medical data was kept in filing cabinets which took a lot of space and time to find a particular information. In addition, unauthorised persons accessed sensitive information with relative ease. Specially designed software programmes designed and used to eliminated the need for physical archiving of patient data as well as increased security of patient medical information.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Pharmacy Records<\/h2>\n
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Computerised pharmacy records<\/h3>\n

As well as patient data being stored by doctors practices, pharmacies use computers to store and process a vast amount of information.<\/p>\n

Computer systems are used to keep track of stock levels, useful for ordering and stock management, long term stock level and product demand data can be used to analyse the spread of infectious diseases such as cold and flu outbreaks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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3D Printing<\/h2>\n
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3D Printing<\/h3>\n

3D printers can now be used for a variety of medical purposes:<\/p>\n