Most of the technology will be implemented to empower the individual to improve their overall healthcare in a proactive rather than a reactive fashion. As important as the technological advances are, the policy issues that drive the implementation of technology will be the key factors that determine the future procedures, distribution, availability, etc of healthcare. The following will focus on the technologic contribution to preventive medicine.

All these influences have slowly begun to change the direction of medicine. This new direction can be categorized as the 5 P’s: Predictive, Preventive, Parametric, Point-of-Care, and Personalized. Together they help define the future of medicine.