Remember when our desktops worked solely from the use of floppy disks? We couldn’t imagine ever needing more storage.
How things change.
Back in 2015, Cisco Systems estimated by the year 2020, we would have 50 billion connected devices generating 44 zettabytes, or 44 trillion gigabytes of data every year.
As patients, we want and expect several things when we visit healthcare providers.
1. We expect our personal information to stay safe and secure.
2. We want our data to be as accessible as possible.
We expect to have mobile access with just a few clicks.
Who are your patients? How old are your customers and clients?
Their age determines how well they accept the Internet of Things into their lives.
It doesn’t matter what business you’re in, without customers, there is no business. Improving the customer experience is fundamental to increase retention, satisfaction, and sales.
What’s one of the biggest threats to your health data? Fraud? Ransomware? Bugs in the system? While they all can put your data at risk, we’re finding more and more that careless or poorly trained employees could be your largest concern.
According to the report In 2017, The Insider Threat Epidemic Begins by the Institute For Critical Infrastructure Technology, 31.5 percent of cybersecurity incidents in 2014 were perpetrated by malicious insiders, and 23.5 percent resulted from the activities of non-malicious insider threats.
Telehealth: it’s coming to a medical facility near you.
Do you already have telehealth functions within your practice? If not, what are you waiting for? According to HIMSS Analytics, telemedicine solutions and services has surged in the past three years, rising from 54 percent in 2014 to 71 percent in 2017.
If you are looking to starting your own telehealth program, you must approach it thoughtfully.
The world is changing quickly with disruptive technologies. Every day it seems that something we’ve grown used to is shaken up and replaced with a ground-breaking product that changes the way we think about health care forever.
Haven’t seen artificial intelligence at play in your office? Hang around a few minutes; it’s bound to happen soon.
Hospitals and medical practices increasingly are prioritizing strong security throughout their organizations, especially in the wake of attacks that have compromised patient privacy.
But in healthcare, while many have focused their IT efforts on workstations, printers, servers, and Internet access, they have largely ignored high levels for medical devices and systems.
If you’re like many healthcare organizations around the world, you find yourself using state of the art technology in some areas, while muddling through outdated systems and practices in others.
Even a mild slip-up can cost your practice big time. The financial costs are only part of the equation.
The wearable market is quickly gaining momentum. The number of connected wearable devices worldwide is expected to jump from an estimated 325 million in 2016 to 830 million in 2020. And while many different types of gadgets fit into the wearable category - Bluetooth headsets, head-mounted display products, clothing, eyewear, etc - smartwatch sales have the majority at around 52 percent market share.
As the role of technology becomes more integrated within patient care, providers are going to have to continue to adopt new ideas to stay on the cutting edge.
A recent report Internet of Things, Today and Tomorrow states that six in ten healthcare organizations are already using IoT, with patient monitors (64 percent) and x-ray/imaging devices (41 percent) being the main devices connected to the network.