Invention of Information Communication Technology (ICT) has contributed immensely to Healthcare delivery in the world.
Indeed, it had contributed to the feat achieved by medical personnel in the diagnosis, treatment and management of diseases in Nigeria, according to speakers and experts in the field of medicine and science.
Highlighting the huge contributions of technology in the promotion of healthcare delivery during the 1st International Congress on Health Sciences and Technology organised by the School of Health Technology (SOHT) of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri, (FUTO), with the Theme: The Role of Technology in Healthcare Delivery', experts said that healthcare delivery would have been a mirage without the invention of technology.
In his keynote paper titled: 'Harnessing the Power of Integrated Technology Innovation for Effective Delivery for Healthcare Services', the former Vice Chancellor of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Professor Bartho Okolo traced the advent of science and technology, its application to healthcare delivery and the overall benefits to mankind.
The ultimate aim of healthcare delivery was to provide the right therapy, which could take a variety of forms, ranging from counselling, life style changes, drug administration, surgery, physiotherapy and rehabilitation, adding that like diagnosis, disease therapy had benefited from enormous advances in technology.
According to him, Therapists now take advantage of available technologies to administer treatment, noting also that technology can lead to the production of new therapies (new drugs), improved surgical techniques (laser surgery), improved speed of therapy as well as wider access to treatment.