Robotic Pharmacy – The Latest Innovation in Medicine Dispensing
Automation and robotics have transformed the complete scenario in several industrial verticals. Health and medical services are no exception when we look at the tremendous growth and rejuvenated potential of services that could be transformed in healthcare. Medical dispensing is one such area of work…
The Many Benefits of Integrated Patient Rooms in Smart Hospitals
The job of the modern healthcare provider is no longer limited to curing patients of their diseases. Today, they are also expected to balance resources with demand, lower operational costs, enhance patient satisfaction, facilitate collaboration, mitigate wastes, and optimize workflows. As the management and control of…
10 Reasons Behind the Significant Growth in The Global Smart Hospital Market
According to a recent study by Orbis Research, the Smart Hospital Market size will increase from USD 17.46 Bn in 2017 to USD 62.28 Bn by 2023. Government initiatives to support technology in healthcare and the increase in the number of skilled IT professionals in…
Why It Is Now (Even More) Necessary to Build a Chatbot For Your Hospital
No doubt, the healthcare industry needs humans to provide empathetic care that the patients need. It seems rather unsettling at first to think about chatbots and conversational AI in healthcare. But we do come across multitudes of benefits (if and when) we look closer. According…
Could 5G Have an Impact on Hospitals and Healthcare?
Across the world, 5G technology is giving a massive boost to digital transformation and revolutionizing industries. With the capacity to carry a massive number of connections at lightning-fast speed, 5G is poised to impact healthcare in a big way. It can allow for telemedicine, real-time…
Let’s Understand Real-Time Location Systems in Healthcare
Healthcare systems always struggle with several issues. More often than not, these issues are related to the facility, quality of the care, satisfaction of the staff, management of workflow inefficiencies, et. All these challenges can be overcome to a significant extent with RTLS (Real-Time Location…
Let’s Talk About Intelligent Operation Theaters in Smart Hospitals
Intelligence (noun) – “the ability to acquire and apply knowledge and skills” Yes, intelligence is a term previously only associated with the homo sapiens…and the evolved ones at that. Did we think that intelligence would now reside with ‘things’? Inanimate objects today are redefining the…
Why Real-time Supply Chain Management is Important in Healthcare
According to MarketsandMarkets, the value of the healthcare supply chain management market is slated to reach USD 2.22 billion by 2021. In this changing landscape, the stakes for managing the costs and efficiency also increase. This is also evident from Cardinal Health’s survey, which says:…
Driving Operational Excellence at a Smart Hospital
According to a report by Frost and Sullivan, the Internet of Things (IoT) is expected to combine with the power of artificial intelligence, blockchain, and other emerging technologies to create a “smart hospital” of the future. The smart hospitals include digitized, modern spaces that use…
The Various Aspects of Privacy and Security in A Smart Hospital
Despite the advances in technology, I have come across many healthcare organizations that still function on legacy systems. While such systems face increasing regulation for protecting the security of patient health information, the truth is, data breaches remain common in the industry. Communication between legacy…