China's Huawei Technologies Co. is gearing up to provide smart services and 5G technology to industries such as healthcare for new revenue streams that might offset the damage to its smartphone business from U.S. sanctions.
While telemedicine maintains its growth trajectory, technology and treatment are merging into solutions based around connected voice and AI, creating a new generation of voice-powered diagnostics tools and virtual patient assistants.
Hospitals in the future will look far more tech-enabled and consumer-focused — when patients are actually even getting care in a hospital building itself.
Every generation brings with it something new and different. Technology broadly, and software specifically, is becoming more prevalent, of course, and the latest generation’s expectation of digital convenience is part of what sets it apart.
Innovative software can benefit the healthcare industry as a whole, and individual patients immensely, so it's time to follow our newest generation’s lead to make care as efficient and effective as possible.
As acute care environments move to integrated solutions powered by technology, we're seeing healthcare facilities making real strides toward what the industry refers to as "quadruple aim" — higher quality of patient care with improved outcomes, lower costs for both the patient and provider, improved patient satisfaction and an improved care provider experience.
Of course, hospitals are full of highly educated doctors and skilled professionals. But Tampa General Hospital recently earned the title of "smart" for its accelerated adoption of advanced technologies and innovations. Healthcare Global named TGH one of the Top 10 Best Smart Hospitals in the world.