How Smart Technologies Can Help Hospitals in Patient Throughput and Capacity Management
Crowded emergency rooms and snaking patient queue, busy personnel always in a rush. Winding corridors and long wait times. A feeling that everything is ready to burst from the seams. An overwhelming sense of being in a space that is running beyond full capacity…where everything…
What is Making Cyber Security Take Center Stage in Healthcare
A simple hack of email accounts of two employees resulted in the breach of the data of over190,000 HealthEquity customers -not for a day, but a whole one month.In October 2018, the Singapore health system suffered from a massive cyber-attack. In this attack, the attackers stole…
Why We Believe Our Healthcare Technologists Should Be Customer-Focused
Did you know that by 2020, customer experience will overtake price as well as the product as the key differentiator? What’s more, is that 86% of consumers are willing to shell out more money for a product or service in exchange for better customer experiences….
Let’s Talk About Real-Time Healthcare Systems
Healthcare today has come a long way. This is not only in the manner that advanced technology is being used to conduct medical procedures but also how technology is being implemented to hone and improve patient experiences. The patient of today clearly no longer wants…
What Could Derail the Technology Initiative at Your Hospital?
Like every other industry, the healthcare industry has become extremely serious about leveraging the power of technology to keep the patients at the center of care. Hospitals and healthcare institutions are looking for new technologies that can help them reduce costs, improve operations, enhance the…
How Technology Can Be a Competitive Advantage for Your Hospital
With technological developments driving transformation across industries, the healthcare industry is looking to build new healthcare models to overcome the many challenges. Challenges such as rising costs, increase in chronic diseases, demands for highly accessible and affordable healthcare and the dearth of qualified professionals have…
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…