medical technology
Clinical diagnostic tools
Medical technology refers to devices, procedures, and systems used in healthcare to diagnose, treat, monitor, or prevent disease.
The term spans everything from simple instruments like thermometers to complex imaging machines, surgical robots, and artificial organs.
Advances in medical technology have dramatically improved survival rates.
The field also includes health information systems and telemedicine platforms.
- defibrillatorsDevices restoring heart rhythm
- endoscopesMedical viewing instruments
- wheelchairsSeated conveyances for mobility-impaired
- CT scannersDevices creating internal body slices
- insulin pumpsDevices delivering pancreatic hormone
pacemakers · heart monitor · blood pressure cuff · crutches · stethoscopes · cochlear implants · exoskeletons · scalpels · surgical robot · artificial intelligence · telemedicine · dialysis machines · nanotechnology · biotechnology · ventilators · life support · CRISPR · MRI machines
- Health Careersdoctor, nurse practitioner, nursing, physician, surgeon
- health professionsnursing, pharmacy, dentistry, optometry, physiotherapy
- technical educationtechnical institute, technical training, vocational college, trade school, trade schools
- health studiesbioethics, health policy, health equity, social determinants, health disparities
- healthcaredoctors, nurses, hospitals, hospital, clinic
- career fieldsnursing, engineering, business, finance, accounting
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Manufactured therapeutic substances
drug therapy · medication · pharmacotherapy · chemotherapy · gene therapy
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Inherited therapeutic practices
folk medicine · natural healing · holistic medicine · alternative medicine · faith healing
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Physician's interpersonal approach
watchful waiting · palliative care · rest and recuperation · lifestyle modification · preventive care
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