When the Affordable Care Act went into action in 2013, which required all people to acquire health insurance, it was in order to improve the quality of care, increase access to insurance and services, and lower the cost of care. In order to lower the cost of health care, changes by the insurance companies and hospitals had to be executed. Hospitals had to make adjustments to adapt to their new budget. As a result, changes made included position cuts and efficiency improvement.
One very recent adjustment of efficiency in the hospital settings has been the addition of new technology like wearable health devices. According to Rofouei (2012), “It uses the knowledge from medical sciences and employs low-cost micro-electronics …show more content…
This device can, “respond to the wearer 's needs, the flexibility [of the wearable health device] allows a drug delivery pump (DDP) with a microfluidic channel for drug ejection to be integrated” (Honda, Harada, Arie, Akita, & Takei, 2014, p. 3299). This means that the one receiving the medicine would not need to do anything except wear the device. Consequently, this brings up another point that the device is more convenient to the patients. Most Americans have a chaotic daily schedule as it is, so scheduling a doctor’s appointment can be challenging if time is of the essence. However, with this device, appointments would not always be necessary because, “Physicians will no longer need to rely solely on the information gathered through patient interviews and on-site observations, but now have the ability to gather data from the normal day to day routine[s]” (Rofouei, 2012, p. …show more content…
One downfall would be the cost because not only does a consumer need to buy this data collecting device, but updates, calibrations, new batteries, and maintenance would be required. As suggested by Rofouei (2012), the devices, “need to become inexpensive but at the same time accurate, reliable, secure and low power” (p. 23). Another concept that might hinder the device’s ability to be effective would be its wearability. If the device is not comfortable or stylish a consumer could be quick to jump to the conclusion that the device is not suitable to their lifestyle. There has been an indication that this could be avoided by a “smart bandage” with flexible substrates, which allows this particular device to be adaptable to the user (Honda et al., 2014, p. 3299). Another disadvantage is that this device needs to be hygiene friendly all the time. For some people, it would be necessary to have this device serve as a disposable device to protect them from common germs or illness, to protect one’s current health conditions, and because it could be impossible to completely clean this wearable device. Keeping the device clean would be essential to make sure proper functioning is occurring because “these systems still need to provide accurate and reliable measurements” (Rofouei 2012, p.
One very recent adjustment of efficiency in the hospital settings has been the addition of new technology like wearable health devices. According to Rofouei (2012), “It uses the knowledge from medical sciences and employs low-cost micro-electronics …show more content…
This device can, “respond to the wearer 's needs, the flexibility [of the wearable health device] allows a drug delivery pump (DDP) with a microfluidic channel for drug ejection to be integrated” (Honda, Harada, Arie, Akita, & Takei, 2014, p. 3299). This means that the one receiving the medicine would not need to do anything except wear the device. Consequently, this brings up another point that the device is more convenient to the patients. Most Americans have a chaotic daily schedule as it is, so scheduling a doctor’s appointment can be challenging if time is of the essence. However, with this device, appointments would not always be necessary because, “Physicians will no longer need to rely solely on the information gathered through patient interviews and on-site observations, but now have the ability to gather data from the normal day to day routine[s]” (Rofouei, 2012, p. …show more content…
One downfall would be the cost because not only does a consumer need to buy this data collecting device, but updates, calibrations, new batteries, and maintenance would be required. As suggested by Rofouei (2012), the devices, “need to become inexpensive but at the same time accurate, reliable, secure and low power” (p. 23). Another concept that might hinder the device’s ability to be effective would be its wearability. If the device is not comfortable or stylish a consumer could be quick to jump to the conclusion that the device is not suitable to their lifestyle. There has been an indication that this could be avoided by a “smart bandage” with flexible substrates, which allows this particular device to be adaptable to the user (Honda et al., 2014, p. 3299). Another disadvantage is that this device needs to be hygiene friendly all the time. For some people, it would be necessary to have this device serve as a disposable device to protect them from common germs or illness, to protect one’s current health conditions, and because it could be impossible to completely clean this wearable device. Keeping the device clean would be essential to make sure proper functioning is occurring because “these systems still need to provide accurate and reliable measurements” (Rofouei 2012, p.