Techno-Innovation and its Impact on Provision of Health and Social Care Dr. Nancy Agnes, Head, Technical Operations, Tutorsindia info@ tutorsindia.com
I. INTRODUCTION The scope for technological innovation for transforming the provision of health and social care has been widely recognized across a large spectrum of domains and this , also comprise of services relating to mental health [1], cases of substance abuse [2] and to extend support to people who are categorized as differently abled [3]. While the use of technology is a good thing, a contrasting aspect that has emerged would refer to the concerns related to privacy, ethics and ramifications in terms of social justice with regards to the use of such innovative technology. Technological developments over the years, especially those involving mobile digital information and communication technology is consistently developing at a rate which is highly exponential. Thus facilitating
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communication, information acquisition in highly innovative ways. It has been observed that during 2013 around 36 million adults within the UK (73%) were regularly accessing internet on a daily basis while 72% amongst all adults purchased goods and services online [4]. The number of people who accessed the internet using smart phones literally doubled in the period between 2010 – 2013 to 53%. On the whole, the number of adults within the UK who owned a smartphone was found to be around 51% (double of what it was in 2011) and at the same time, around 24% of adults are also known to have a tablet. It has also been reported that around 43% from all adults in the UK were now utilizing the internet to gain information pertaining to health. This trend has witnessed an increase by 18% since 2007.
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