Expanding Healthcare ’s Reach on the Edge

This article focuses on ways to take advantage of cloud solutions on the edge. Digital Transformation Equals A Lot of Data   Technology is being used in new and interesting ways in healthcare. For example, tablets are now commonplace in healthcare facilities with some hospitals providing bedside connected tablets. Patients can use the devices to check their medication, read about their doctors, and even order their meals, freeing the staff to focus on medical care.   Wearable medical devices can monitor vital signs such as heart rate and blood pressure, and health monitors can help with remote care. These wearable wireless devices can also allow for the integration of patient health data points in health profiles, further enhancing and streamlining the value of utilizing electronic medical records through mobile solutions.  Hospitals need unified communication to allow doctors to consult on cases or check patient messages from anywhere in the hospital, or anywhere in the world, within the time frames needed by the systems and to optimize patient care. The healthcare industry is also using virtual reality to enhance patient care and facilitate training.   It is estimated that 30% of all global stored data is from healthcare and life sciences. But for all this tech to work efficiently, healthcare systems must handle massive amounts of data closer to the data-gathering devices, such as a wearable device that sends data to a cell phone through Bluetooth. T...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - Category: Information Technology Authors: Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System IT Infrastructure and Dev Ops Adonay Cervantes cloud solutions CloudBlue Digital Transformation Edge Edge Computing Edge-Connected Devices Healthcare 5G Healthcare Data Int Source Type: blogs