Create a word limit of 400 to 600 words that answer the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.
Technology in health care has made is possible for patients to use devices to access their medical information, monitor vital signs, take tests at home, and carry out a plethora of other tasks that could only previously be conducted inside the doctor’s office (Topol, 2013). This enhanced technology is one of the many reasons that there has been a shift from inpatient to outpatient care. Although patients have benefited greatly from health care technology, there are also downsides to technology, such as how it has affected the cost of care.
Complete the following:
a. Provide a definition of outpatient care.
b. Discuss two to three ways in which technological innovations have impacted, or will impact, the delivery of care in the United States.
c. Discuss two to three ways in which technology has had, or is expected to have, a detrimental impact on the delivery of care.
d. The use of at least two scholarly references is required.