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Thursday 16 augusT 2018

Millennials are open for more technology in healthcare

Millennials are more inter- digitally. Aruba has over 20
ested in their health com- thousand millennials which
pared to past generations. makes it a big part of the
A study done recently in whole population.
Canada shows that they
even might be interested More Precaution
in doing ‘virtual meetings’ According to scientists
with their physician instead. that conducted this study,
47% of the millennials that
An article in Global news were interviewed were
shows that because this happy that at least half of
generation is so comfort- their consults were done
able with technology they through a digital way such
wouldn’t have any prob- as facetime or skype. Also
lems making more use of remarkable is that millen-
it even for healthcare. Re- nials have more interest in
cently here in Aruba we having a healthy lifetime
noticed introduction of compared to past gen- from it. This is because they the medical industry is also doesn’t have any difficul-
a new app in which you erations. When they feel have easy access to medi- changing, seeing that doc- ties to incorporate more
can send any complain re- sick they want to know im- cal sites online. Because of tors nowadays have more technology in their prac-
garding any medical issue mediately how to recover all these new technologies, pressure which never ex- tice.
isted before, according to
this article. Human aspect
Two thirds of the correspon-
Comfort dents underlined that they
The studies underlines that trust diagnostics from a
it’s not necessary that past doctor more than a digital
generations don’t really machine. They also think
care about their health, that even though more
but it’s more that millennials technology is always wel-
when entering a doctor’s come in order to work more
office are already more efficiently. The technol-
informed about their ill- ogy world does not have
ness because they already to lose the human aspect.
done their own research We don’t have to discard
about it. Seeing that they the ‘human touch’ and
already enter the doctor’s the empathy that the pa-
office with the perception tient is being treated with
of what’s going on they by a real doctor. Invest-
are the ones empowered ments need to be done in
to be attended too. A cor- medical health, but from
respondence of this study the doctor’s side. The ones
explains that millennials involved in the study were
won’t have any problems happy to see that people
wearing watches or any still feel the necessity of the
other new technology in human aspect but also are
which they can monitor open for technology. It is
their health easily. If it was very essential to move for-
up to them they would pre- ward with new technolo-
fer the option where they gies but we can’t take over
can choose a doctor that everything. q