The use of new technologies as a tool for the promotion of health education

New technologies in today's knowledge society and information technologies (ICT) have become a sign of progress, improvement and quality that determine our lives and have an essential role in health education as it relates to the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of the symptoms of disease. This article will explore some of the technological advances in the field of health. They have greatly contributed to some very significant changes in the configuration of standard health services. We analyze some of the major benefits and savings achieved through the use of technologies in the area of health, like increased efficiency and quality of patient care, reduced administrative and operational costs, improved primary health care and optimized access to health care. In addition, we present some of the drawbacks to the use of new technologies in the field of health as found in the literature, such as the risk of misdiagnosis due to possible software errors, and therefore the issue of ethical responsibility. (C) 2017 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.