How Has Medical Technology Improved Healthcare? Medical technology has helped increase life expectancy and improved the quality of life for many people. However, using available treatments can be very expensive, and advanced treatments may not be available from all healthcare providers or they may not be covered by all forms of health insurance. The issue of cost and availability are among a host of other ethical considerations regarding access to medical technology that can save lives or improve the quality of life for a patient.

Discussion Topic For this Discussion, research news media to find a story from within the last two years about how medical technology saved or drastically improved a patients life. Summarize the article. Explain how at least one aspect of the medical technology used in this case raises an issue of ethical concern. With this ethical issue in mind, do you think you would elect to have this treatment if you had a condition or injury that could be treated by a similar use of technology? Why or why not. Remember to give the complete reference for the article so that your peers and instructor may locate it.