Today, advanced technologies provide new threats and opportunities for a country's economy. Changes in technology have changed the capabilities and business regimes of companies and changed the organizational and social systems of a country .

Technology-related affairs lead to the economic development of countries, and innovation and technology increase the productivity and productive capacity of countries and increase the standard of living for the people .

The higher the levels of technology innovation, the more competitive the countries will be; As a result, the development of technology in all its dimensions is vital for all countries. The main reason for the low growth rate of developing countries in various developments such as social, economic and cultural developments is the inability of these countries to recognize the proper use and development of technology .

 

In summary, the most important features of technology are divided into seven categories :

1 . It is a tool to turn natural resources into usable goods .

۲ . It is a means to change environmental conditions .

3 . It is a source for creating more wealth .

4 . It is a factor in creating social change .

5 . It is a tool for development and progress .

6 . It will be a product or service that is bought and sold in the market .

7 . The output is the R&D process .

 

Tensions caused by technological developments in a country

In addition to the positive points and dramatic developments that can be noted in the field of emerging technology, there are also many concerns in this area; It seems necessary to pay attention to these concerns in every country .

These concerns vary in different societies or in different countries .

 

Class gap and digital divide

Technology can bring wealth, prosperity and happiness to all, but in practice it is not possible to use technological achievements equally for everyone, in fact the process of technological change can lead to a new class divide at the global level .

In other words, while technology can be used to overcome many difficulties, such as easy access to food safety facilities, it may cause economic gaps between developed and developing countries, or even within each of these Countries and people can not get new business opportunities. The economic divide could lead to a digital divide in today's world between those who have access to information technology and those who do not. Today, access to a wealth of metadata for any country can provide pure opportunities for economic development, especially access to indigenous health information in any country can create an economic strength .

 

Restriction of the private sphere of life

Although information technology and the use of the Internet provide many possibilities for individuals, there is always the possibility that the privacy of its owners will be attacked. On the other hand, since the formulation of laws is always done later than technological developments, this practice can cause problems until a legal framework is developed for them .

 

Features of future technologies

Although the emergence of any technology can have ambiguous and negative points, there are other features that make it operational .

The required and special features of each technology that should be paid special attention to are :

1 . High growth rate

۲ . Need flexible and dynamic systems for growth

The experience of developing new technologies in developed countries shows that the development of technology with old structures is not possible, because in the field of new technologies, new developments occur every day and new products and processes are introduced to the market. Intense competition for new technologies requires agile and flexible systems that, in addition to day-to-day concerns and cumbersome bureaucratic systems, remove barriers to the development of these technologies .

One of the important issues in the development of digital technologies infrastructure for health is the facilitation of matters related to regulation and the global view of investing in technologies related to the field of health .

 

Short distance from research to market

The distance from research to the market in new technologies is getting shorter and shorter every day, and production centers are moving from large factories to small laboratories as well as startup underground workshops. This model of innovation in the form of innovation of massive reconstructions and heavy machinery that was done in previous technologies will be replaced by modern technologies with a high level of technology.

Access to metadata can also provide more accurate market and audience information to related organizations and businesses. In addition to helping to make problem solving easier, it significantly reduces R&D costs, making it one of the most important factors for countries to invest in technology .

 

Requires special rules and regulations

Appropriate legal frameworks are needed for the growth of new technologies. Intellectual property rights are an important factor in motivating entrepreneurs and researchers to develop innovation and launch new products and processes. Of course, in some developed countries, in the first years of the development of a new technology, intellectual property laws must be applied to the extent that it does not prevent the flow of scientific information and the creation of scientific and technical synergy .

 

Knowledge-oriented and the need for specialized personnel

In the field of development of new technologies, shortage of raw materials or limited capital are among the insignificant factors. The most critical is the lack of skilled labor that determines the boundaries of technology development in a country, so most investment in infrastructure should be devoted to the development of technology-savvy human resources .

Today, natural resources such as oil and gas infrastructure are no longer the main advantage in countries, but the knowledge and technology of human resource management innovation in the growth and development of a country as a comparative advantage to compete in global markets .

 

Interdisciplinary of the technology is new and needs to develop the skills of a group

Interdisciplinary attitudes and the development of convergent science in recent decades have led to dramatic changes in technology. Most new technologies are interdisciplinary in nature; Technologies such as nanotechnology, biotechnology, technology management, information technology, mechanics, electronics and mechatronics are the most prominent examples of interdisciplinary technologies that have been proposed .

The interdisciplinarity of new technologies has posed new challenges to the human resource training debate. Also in the research discussion, individual research has given way to group research, so the government should address deeper issues such as education in the development of innovation infrastructure .

 

Need for commercialization centers and innovation centers

In order to surpass competitors in new technologies, researchers's achievements must be commercialized and marketed as quickly as possible. To achieve this, innovation and commercialization centers will help to develop these achievements as quickly as possible .

 

High added value and low volume

Products based on new technologies are in most cases low volume, high speed and high added value compared to previous and old technologies. In products based on past technologies, raw materials were the main value of the product and service, while in new products, the role of technology and innovation is much more prominent than other factors. Sales and development of nanotechnology and biotechnology products are among the cases in which products produced with very low volume and high added value can be seen. In the field of digital health, we can also refer to service products such as telemedicine applications, which in addition to preventing the loss of time-related costs, transportation costs, air pollution costs, treatment costs and costs Have significantly reduced manpower-related issues .

 

Why and the importance of innovation in the development of digital health

Among the reasons and characteristics of innovation in the field of health can be mentioned the following :

• Increasing economic growth
• Increase social welfare
• Create competitive advantage
• reduction in costs
• Increase revenue
• Compensate for past failures
• Enabling the use of opportunities, including international opportunities
• Create more innovations endogenously
• Improve the rate of return on investment
• Ensuring innovation and the survival of the organization

 

Causes of inefficiency of the technological innovation process in the health system

Inappropriate rules

Inadequate laws are one of the most important reasons for the inefficiency of the formation of innovation and technology ecosystems in the field of health; Most of the time, the lack of clear and transparent laws, as well as the lack of technology protection laws such as intellectual property rights and membership and cooperation laws in innovation networks, along with the old cumbersome laws in the field of health, discourage employees in this field .

 

Weakness or number of key limitations

Weaknesses in the educational system of institutions under the development of laboratories, small number of innovation and growth centers in the field of health and weakness in technological considerations .

 

Poor coordination between components

Lack of coordination between the components of the innovation system is one of the links between government industries and universities, which should facilitate laws related to this field along with science and technology policymakers and support the transformation of products and services from idea to product .

 

Weak information flow

Lack of information flow among other components of the innovation and technology ecosystem, such as technical knowledge, innovation knowledge, technological knowledge, information related to human resources, financial information, etc. can have irreversible effects on the body of technological innovation .

 

Source: medleanmag