Innovation and Medicine

If ever a field needed remodelling, it is medicine. Chaotic, inefficient, and often ineffective, health care is dying for innovation. Innovation and medicine go together. Today, innovation in medical technologies is about to take off. In next few years, medical technology innovations will fundamentally transform health care delivery system, too. Nowadays, there is an enthusiasm to deliver breakthrough medical inventions that can eliminate the potential for errors, improve the quality of healthcare delivery and save lives. This review article attempts to describe how innovation in medicine can be considered as a revolution in healthcare helping to extend lives of people. (C) 2011 Published by Elsevier Ltd.