Hospital Technology
9/20/2022 12:20:06 AM
Do you know?
- Healthcare technology is any technology, including medical devices, IT systems, algorithms, artificial intelligence (AI), cloud and blockchain, designed to support healthcare organizations.
- Healthcare technology is shaping the future of healthcare in front of our eyes.
Let's explore more in the following passage!
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Listen and complete the passage.
| sample | painful | ease |
| burns | remote |
Many scientists today are trying to discover new ways to help doctors, nurses, and patients in hospitals. They are trying to create new machines that help to the pain of patients and make doctors’ and nurses’ jobs easier.
One machine that is helping patients is called a video interpreter, or VRI. It is a machine that helps people who are deaf. This machine connects to people outside the hospital that can help the deaf person communicate with the doctors and nurses.
Another machine is being made for people with bad . This machine will be set up next to the hospital bed. It will be close to, but not touching, the patient. This is important, as people with burns are often in a lot of pain. It hurts them, even more, to have the burns touched. Usually, a doctor or nurse needs to take a of the burn. They need to get a part of the skin from the burn. They do this so they can test for infection. Getting the sample is for the patient. This machine will be able to test a burn for infection by using the air around the burn. It will not touch the skin of the patient.
Scientists are working every day to invent new technology for hospitals. They want to help people who are sick. They want to help people stay healthy.
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Hospital Technology
Many scientists today are trying to discover new ways to help doctors, nurses, and patients in hospitals. They are trying to create new machines that help to ease the pain of patients and make doctors’ and nurses’ jobs easier.
One machine that is helping patients is called a video remote interpreter, or VRI. It is a machine that helps people who are deaf. This machine connects to people outside the hospital that can help the deaf person communicate with the doctors and nurses.
Another machine is being made for people with bad burns. This machine will be set up next to the hospital bed. It will be close to, but not touching, the patient. This is important, as people with burns are often in a lot of pain. It hurts them, even more, to have the burns touched. Usually, a doctor or nurse needs to take a sample of the burn. They need to get a part of the skin from the burn. They do this so they can test for infection. Getting the sample is painful for the patient. This machine will be able to test a burn for infection by using the air around the burn. It will not touch the skin of the patient.
Scientists are working every day to invent new technology for hospitals. They want to help people who are sick. They want to help people stay healthy.
Source: Daily Warm-ups Reading Grade 3
According to the passage, new machines invented by scientists helped _____.
- reduce stress for doctors and nurses
- save some operating expense
- relieve the pain of patients
The disadvantage of testing for infection without the help of machines is _____.
- to make the wound infected
- to cause intense pain to the patient
- to require various specialized medical equipment
What do you NOT know based on the information in the passage?
- Machines help to test the recovery of damaged skin.
- VRI facilitates the communication of deaf people in hospitals.
- The machine made for burn patients is placed by the hospital bed.
Based on the passage, the more developing the technology is, _____.
- the better the health system becomes
- the higher the salary of medical staff becomes
- the cheaper the cost of medical treatment becomes
The author's purpose in writing the passage is _____.
- to praise scientists for their tireless efforts to support the medical industry
- to express his gratitude for the dedication of doctors in taking care of patients
- to compare 2 types of machines that have helped patients recently
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- please me
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