10 Tech Trends in Healthcare @ ValaAfshar @bobzemke, @carey_mercier
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10 Tech Trends in Healthcare @ValaAfshar @bobzemke,
@carey_mercier
Smart PHONES
The iPhone has been a catalyst and the lead smartphone adopted
in healthcare. W
It was a wakeup call that small form factor devices could
become so widely adopted in clinical care. Wi-Fi
Application development leverages smartphone hardware cameras,
accelerometers, and Bluetooth. Wi-Fi
There are high expectations for the enterprise environment to
be available on a mobile platform. Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi ADOPTION
For many hospitals the WLAN now has more connected devices than
the wired LAN.
It started with workstations on wheels but now encompasses
guest Internet access, medical devices, phones, video units, RTLS,
and on and on.
Since Wi-Fi availability is expected, medical devices are
getting smarter where Wi-Fi connectivity is a requirement.
Bring Your Own DEVICE
Smartphones + Hospital Wi-Fi = need for a BYOD policy and
mobile device management solution. + =
BYOD has been the disrupter to how technology solutions are
evaluated and roll out by hospital IT.
A revolution took place and it is forcing IT to focus more on
customer service delivery rather than technology control.
We are moving towards a cloud infrastructure supporting a range
of devices dictated by the consumer.
Government Mandates
HITECH, HIPAA, Meaningful Use, and ICD 10 have forced
healthcare institutions to invest heavily in IT infrastructure,
talent, and application systems.
These mandates have the potential for being the catalyst to big
data analysis.
Voice over Ip
The emergence of VoIP has allowed healthcare institutions to
leverage the same IT infrastructure backbone to support data, and
voice traffic.
More importantly it has created communication flexibility that
started with mobility and is now evolving into applications.
Social Media Platforms
Emergence of social media is allowing hospitals to reach out to
staff, patients, and the general public in new ways, and to reach
younger audiences.
Next we will see social evolve into flexible communications
options for hospitals and care teams.
Virtualization
Virtualization is increasing the consolidation of services onto
dedicated server farms and a high level of availability, and
redundancy.
IAAS and PAAS are emerging and soon we may even see virtual
cloud and virtual storage on the rise.
IPBased Medical Devices
Medical devices are evolving at an unprecedented rate, so much
so that the 510K process is in dire need of an update in order to
ensure that medical devices can use the latest in technological
advancements.
As these devices become more integrated into the network, human
error is becoming increasingly contained which ultimately decreases
re-admission rates.
The network infrastructure and backbone must be agile enough to
accommodate the explosive growth of connected devices and network
traffic as we move towards an era where every device is
communicating on the network.
mHealth
mHealth facilitates a spectrum of ways to leverage mobility,
and mobile devices to improve clinical work flows and
outcomes.
These range from video remote interpretation, to telemedicine
and remote care use cases.
The next step will be adoption of wearable technologies.
Big Data
The infrastructure and applications everyone investing in holds
the promise of being leveraged for big data analysis, trending,
more insight for improved clinical results.
Our challenge is how to share the information while protecting
patient privacy.