Trends in Healthcare

Question 1

What is Genome Editing?

Answer 1

• DNA is inserted, deleted, modified or replaced in an organism
• researchers believe with genome editing, will have the ability to edit our cells in our immune systems to improve against cancer cells

Question 2

Use of Wearable Tracking Devices?

Answer 2

Wearable tracking devices can monitor physical activity, sleeping patterns and calorie consumption

Question 3

What is the Smart Tissue Autonomous Robot (STAR)?

Answer 3

• An automated surgery bot capable of performing some surgical procedures on pigs, such as sewing soft tissue.
• Operates on its own, currently being used under human supervision.
• Designed to handle more tedious and predictable surgical tasks

Question 4

What is the Da Vinci?

Answer 4

Da Vinci is the non-autonomous robotic surgery that is controlled by humans.

Question 4

Why is teamwork important in Healthcare?

Answer 4

• Reduce the number of medical errors
• Increases patient safety
• Reduce issues that lead to burnout
• Breaks down the traditional hierarchy of healthcare professionals

Question 5

What is Holistic Healthcare?

Answer 5

Holistic health care is an approach to health care that treats the whole person, not just symptoms and disease.

Question 6

What does Holistic Healthcare include?

Answer 6

Identifying and treating the condition along with examining other aspects of the patient’s lifestyle. A course of treatment is designed to help patients reach their optimum level of wellness

Question 7

What are the 7 interacting dimensions of wellness?

Answer 7

• Emotional: Ability to understand yourself and cope with life challenges
• Occupational: Personal fulfilment from jobs or career while maintaining a work life balance
• Intellectual: Ability to have an open mind to new ideas that can be applied to personal decisions, group interactions and community betterment
• Environmental: Ability to understand your responsibilities to the water, land and air around you
• Spiritual: Ability to establish peace and harmony in our lives
• Physical: The ability to go through normal life activities and maintain a healthy quality of life without physical stress
• Social: Ability to establish and maintain relationships with others