Medical science has come a long way.

Just like the struggling parent trying to keep apace of his or her children's technological aptitude, hospital rooms are finally beginning to adapt to the newest advances in consumer technology. Instead of the dreary, minimalistic room and bed typically found in hospitals, hospital rooms are equipping more advanced technology to improve health care results and costs.

The insane amount of technological innovation we’ve experienced in the past few decades is so ingrained in our daily lives that we tend to take it for granted. We perform technological feats that would have been inconceivable even twenty years ago, on devices that fit in the palm of your hand. High-tech equipment, from computer chips to smart phones, has impacted nearly all facets of our existence, so it would make sense that something as important as our health care system would be technologically on par with the rest of society, right? Wrong.