Existing Framework and the Use of Emerging Technology in Healthcare and Healthy Lifestyle: A Review

Emerging technology has been used in many sectors as avenues to ease the way of living. Emerging technology applications can help people to deal with daily life challenges, especially in healthcare aspects. A high-quality healthcare can be provided to patients and the community through various healthy lifestyle programmes. Good healthcare practices in daily living are essential for an improve quality of life and wellbeing. This review focused on understanding the purposes of existing emerging technologies that were used in healthcare and healthy lifestyle. This review was conducted using a systematic search and processes through selected digital databases. Based on the existing frameworks that used emerging technologies in the healthcare sector, we found that the factors that contributed to the technology use depended on the acceptance and adaptation of the users. Thus, it is important to raise awareness and create a proper framework on the emerging technology especially for the use of middle aged people before they reach their old age.