Health technology
Health technology
Health technology (pronunciation: /hɛlθ tɛkˈnɒlədʒi/) is the application of organized knowledge and skills in the form of devices, medicines, vaccines, procedures, and systems developed to solve a health problem and improve quality of lives.
Etymology
The term "health technology" is a combination of the words "health", derived from the Old English hǣlth, and "technology", which comes from the Greek τεχνολογία (technología); 'techne' means "art, skill, craft", and '-logia' means "study of".
Related terms
- Health informatics: The interdisciplinary study of the design, development, adoption, and application of IT-based innovations in healthcare services delivery, management, and planning.
- Telemedicine: The use of telecommunication and information technology to provide clinical health care from a distance.
- EHealth: The use of information and communication technologies (ICT) for health.
- Medical device: Any device intended to be used for medical purposes.
- Biotechnology: The use of living systems and organisms to develop or make products.
- Pharmaceuticals: Medicinal drugs.
- Healthcare system: The organization of people, institutions, and resources that deliver health care services to meet the health needs of target populations.
See also
References
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Health technology
- Wikipedia's article - Health technology
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