4 Ways Tech Improves Chronic Disease Management

Finding technology solutions to diagnose and manage chronic conditions is critical to the future of healthcare.

“Technology has made inroads into the patient consult and clinical work flow in ways physicians could have scarcely imagined just a decade ago,” says Edward I. Ginns, MD, PhD, DABCC, neurology franchise medical director at Quest Diagnostics. “Today, physicians can access clinical, prescribing and other patient data at their fingertips using electronic medical records and associated technologies, such as clinical analytics and mobile devices.”

Quest Diagnostics is just one of many companies working to find solutions to help patients be more accountable for their healthcare, while being cost effective and interoperable for health systems. It’s a challenge to balance multiple healthcare goals, Ginns says.

“While these technologies have yet to fulfill their potential to contribute to good medical practice, it is evident that they afford opportunities to better manage patient care, improve efficiency, and consider population-health insights in medical decision-making,” he says.

Below is a snapshot of upcoming technology solutions that aim at making chronic conditions more manageable.