Application of IT in healthcare

Abstract

The key mission of Healthcare industry is improving lives through better healthcare solutions. Technical innovations in the last decade have led to solutions that are safe, cost effective, high-quality and easily accessible. A wide variety of computational techniques, storage techniques, softwares and tools are already shaping the future of healthcare. In this paper we have systematically reviewed the emerging trends of Information Technology (IT) in healthcare. Further, this paper elaborates on the impact of healthcare data, technological transformations and tools which will eventually merge and culminate into user-centric healthcare in near future. A total of 108 papers were analyzed, out of which 40 papers were identified to be relevant and further we classified 19 papers into four broad categories according to the technologies used. This paper also reveals issues in the current approaches and suggests possible future outcomes which will help researchers to gain ideas for further research.