Healthcare IT Departments Need to Plan for Explosive IoMT Growth

The expected explosion in the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) represents both an opportunity and a challenge for healthcare IT departments. Connected medical devices hold the promise of improved workflows and data gathering which can lead to improve patient outcomes. However, more connected devices also means more cybersecurity risk and maintenance efforts. It is important to start IoMT planning now so that you don’t have a large technical debt to pay in the future. Healthcare IT Today sat down with Sameer Khanna, Chief Architect and Security Strategist at NETSCOUT to discuss IoMT and what concrete steps healthcare IT departments can take to handle the increasing number of connected medical devices they manage. IoMT growth challenge According to Data Bridge Market Research, the IoMT market will surge 5.6x to $270.4 Billion USD by 2029 from $48.69 Billion in 2021. If you walk into any hospital room today, it is not hard to see this growth first-hand. Everything from the IV machine to the heart monitor to the TV to the patient bed itself are now capable of sending telemetry to other systems. Overall, this increase in data collection is a good thing – patients can be monitored more closely, the collected data can be used to improve AI algorithms, and process bottlenecks can be more easily identified. However, as more connected devices are deployed in healthcare organizations, the more effort will be needed to manage them. Organizations will need more clinical engineers...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - Category: Information Technology Authors: Tags: Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System IT Infrastructure and Dev Ops Connected Medical Devices Internet of Medical Things IoMT IoT Medical Device Security NETSCOUT Sameer Khanna single pane of glass Source Type: blogs