How technology has helped the healthcare sector

I. Introduction 

A) A patient suffering from a chronic disease is twice likely to live a long quality-life in recent times as compared in the past (Sutton, 2013)

B) Technology impacts society both positively and negatively; it has improved the healthcare sector and facilitated easy communication, thus improving people’s lives; however, it has opened loopholes for cybersecurity crimes.

C) 1. The healthcare sector can deliver quality services to patients with the help of technological devices.

2. Additionally, technology enables people to interact easily regardless of their geographical location.

3. However, due to technology, cybercrime activities have increased immensely.

II. Body 

1. Technology has helped the healthcare sector to improve in its service delivery to patients 

a. In some instances, computers are used to perform surgeries, and they are efficient and fast (Sutton, 2013)

b. Furthermore, technological devices like computers helps in managing the patient’s progress to ensure he/she receives quality treatment and care

c. Additionally, computers help in performing calculations necessary to medical research thus, increasing the possibility of finding cures for chronic diseases (Sutton, 2013)

2. Technology has improved communication and interaction between people by breaking the geographical barriers ( Olteanu et al., 2015 ) 

a. Social media platforms like Facebook that are available in the technological devices enables people to interact, make friends and communicate without physical contacts.

b. Professional communication through Email is possible through technology

c. People can easily convey emergence messages to each other by the use of social media platforms.

3.Technology has led to increased cybercrimes activities in the current decades (Zhang et al., 2012) 

a. Unauthorized people have mastered the art of accessing confidential data, which they use for their benefits.

b. A study by Zhang et al. (2012) found that cybercrime is committed every ten seconds in Britain

c. Lastly, technology has facilitated cyberbullying, which poses detrimental effects to the victims

III. Conclusion 

A) Certainly, technology helps in improving the healthcare sector. It also facilitates easy communication and interaction. However, it increases cybercrime activities.

B) Technology impacts society both positively and negatively

C) It is significant to exercise caution while adopting the fast-advancing technology because it can either be beneficial or harmful.

References 

Olteanu, A., Vieweg, S., & Castillo, C. (2015, February). What to expect when the unexpected happens: Social media communications across crises.  Proceedings of the 18th ACM conference on computer supported cooperative work & social computing  (pp. 994-1009). 

Sutton, B. (2013). The effects of technology in society and education. 

Zhang, Y., Xiao, Y., Ghaboosi, K., Zhang, J., & Deng, H. (2012). A survey of cybercrimes.  Security and Communication Networks ,  5 (4), 422-437.