Why Malaysia’s Smart Hospital Revolution Is Good News for Tech Talent
Did you know that Malaysia fulfills 80% of the world’s demand for catheters and 60% for rubber gloves? But that’s just one example that cites the intersectional growth of healthcare in Malaysia. Advances in technology such as wireless sensors for recording patient vitals and mobility…
How Technology Can Help Hospitals Reduce Readmissions
One of the most pressing concernsfor all the hospitals these days is the high rates readmission of patients within a specific time period. Depending on the cause behind the readmission of patients, rates of the same could vary. Studies suggest that readmission of around 1/3rd…
How Technology Can Enhance the Experience for Technologically Challenged Patients
Technology has completely turned the world around on its head. Things we experience today were only a part of science fiction movies a couple of decades ago. This new age of technology has also ushered in the era of consumerism. The healthcare industry is no…
The Role of Technology In Rural Healthcare
~Access to good healthcare shouldn’t depend on where you live~ As healthcare technology becomes more and more advanced, there is a pressing need to leverage it to improve the outcomes of rural healthcare. Anybody who has ever visited a rural healthcare setting will know the…
How Can The CIO Drive Business Outcomes in Hospitals?
In the rapidly evolving healthcare landscape, we are witnessing a shift in traditional roles and a change in relationships. As patients become consumers of health care and the focus of healthcare models moves to improve patient outcomes and to improve population health, the various roles…
Health Data Interoperability – Now More Important Than Ever
In the healthcare industry where myriad technology systems like EMRs, EHRs, healthcare wearables, remote monitoring devices, etc. are being used day in and day out, enabling and ensuring interoperability between these systems is still a grave challenge. Although the industry is leveraging these systems to…
Here is What You Need to Know about EHR Implementation
As the healthcare industry moves toward a digital landscape, the popularity of EHR in the healthcare industry is growing manifold. By digitalizing many important medical tasks, EHRs make critical information available instantly and securely to authorized users. This helps healthcare practitioners and medical centers to…
4 Things to Consider while Upgrading your EHR
As technology advances transform the medical industry, Electronic Health Records (EHR) are enabling healthcare organizations to address the complex nature of medical care and the surplus of medical information that is overwhelming doctors’ capability to treat patients. According to a report by Gartner, CIOs consider…
Beyond Recordkeeping, The True Value of Hospital Information Systems
Information technology has become pervasive in our lives in a manner that it has emerged as a key tool for development and growth. In the healthcare scenario, Hospital Information Systems or HIS, have become the enablers of efficiencies, improving patient care, increasing patient satisfaction levels,…
EHR Cannot Be an Out-Of-The-Box Solution
We live in the Age of Transformation. Be it manufacturing, banking, and finance, retail or technology itself, it is abundantly clear that we are in the age of technological disruption. Healthcare is no different. While the healthcare segment has been an early adopter of technology…