Question

Technology is a double-edged sword: its impact on health care can have both positive and negative consequences. Identify three positive and three harmful effects of technology in health care.

Answer 1

Positive effects of technology in healthcare are:
Improving quality of healthcare assistance due to better health facilities and equipment, patient records or credentials are being kept in a database system easier to access in the facility, and time saving because of better data and easy systematic approach of the technology in the management.

Technology can also bring harmful effects in health care such as: 
Medical knowledge posted online may not be accurate and dependable and it can bring harm to anyone who self-medicate. The radiation a technology emits would cause harmful effects and increase risk of a very serious disease on the healthcare providers that facilitates it. Lastly, the advancement of technology in a healthcare facility would cause a higher amount of money on patient's medical bills.