The Data Storage Challenges of the Healthcare Industry
Data is gold. As rehashed as it sounds, data in healthcare is paramount to extend au fait medical care and largely drives preventive healthcare on the whole. Smart hospitals encourage modern technologies to collect, use, and implement patient data. They use IoT-based healthcare devices along…
Technology Can Help Nurses Become More Effective – Here is How
There is a worrying trend in Malaysia that’s giving the government and healthcare authorities sleepless nights. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), Malaysia would need 130,000 nurses in all specializations by this year. The recommended patient-nurse ratio is 1:200. However, with less than 3,000…
How Hospitals Can Prepare their Leadership for Smart Healthcare
With digital technologies witnessing a massive and widespread adoption by the healthcare industry, everyone is in the race towards accomplishing the “smart hospital” tag. Deloitte expects global healthcare spending to rise at a CAGR of 5% – from now until 2023. However, transforming into a…
How Technology can Help Hospitals In Their Sustainability Initiatives
Mark Kramer, a senior lecturer at Harvard Business School, made a compelling case about the idea of “creating shared value”, the notion of businesses reaping economic value by identifying and addressing social problems that intersect with their business. The key to creating shared value is maintaining…
How Technology Can Drive the Healthcare Transformation the World Needs
As every 21st-century industry that struggles and innovates to find better alternatives for their current modus operandi for improving the quality of customer experience, the healthcare industry is no different. Primarily focusing on the experience and quite literally the ‘well-being’ of its customers, the healthcare…
How to Prevent Tech from Adding to a Clinician’s Load?
Technology is rapidly disrupting the healthcare space. Today, more and more physicians use Electronic Health Records to capture patient care information, analytics tools to predict illnesses and personalize care, and other revolutionary technologies to facilitate better care. They are surrounded by tech and solutions that…
How Smart Technology Can Help Reduce Healthcare Costs
Despite the gradual adoption of technology by the healthcare industry, not many are able to reduce healthcare costs and achieve good margins because they are not leveraging technology to its fullest potential. With rising labor costs, demographic shifts, and an uncertain regulatory climate, the time…
How Hospitals Can Leverage the Power of Technology to Improve Patient Centricity
The millions invested in healthcare technology until now have been invested in improving operational efficiency, reducing administrative burden, and providing greater and better access to care. Today, as the healthcare landscape changes, hospitals are becoming more focused on the quality of services. Patients demand to…
The Connection Between Digital Health and Patient Satisfaction
As patients assume the role of a healthcare consumer, it becomes increasingly key for healthcare institutions to focus on the experience they offer to their patients. Providers and care coordinators are now leveraging digital technologies to connect patients with their care. Digital health essentially means…
Could Quantum Computing Transform Healthcare?
Google recently claimed to have reached “quantum supremacy” with its quantum computer. It is performing a computation in 200 seconds that would take the world’s fastest supercomputer 10,000 years. Rightly so, the excitement around the technology is at an all-time high. Reports suggest that…