Technological challenges in health care

Increasing demands on health care is caused by aging population and passing of legislation such as affordable health care act. It is a well known fact that large number of baby boomers is reaching retirement in the very near future. Many people will be entering nursing homes, retirement homes or prefer to stay home. This along with Affordable health care act creates a huge demand for providing efficient and timely health care for this population. The colleges will not be producing medical doctors, nurses and other professionals fast enough to meet this growing demand. With the increasing availability of sensors, computation and wireless networks, some of these challenges can be met economically and efficiently. The purpose of this paper is to address the issues involved and provide some solutions in meeting these future challenges.