healthcare

Today’s patients expect their experiences to be enabled by technology. This includes remote consultations, connectivity, and location-aware mobile services. Today’s staff require a secure, digital environment that makes it possible to be more efficient and provide better care, with access to the sys…

The network is transforming at a rapid pace, with multi-cloud environments and an ever-expanding range of devices connecting to the internet across both wired and wireless. Consider the vulnerabilities created by smartphones, HVAC systems, lighting, serverless cameras, robotic tools, medical devices…

Open any news website or social media channel and you’re bound to see headlines about big technology companies making inroads in healthcare. For many, it’s a welcome trend. The healthcare industry is ripe for disruption, with many challenges to solve. As new tools to power patient care a…

“‘Murder by pacemaker’” isn’t a real thing, is it?” my friend asked. She’d been binging on Netflix and caught a TV drama in which the victim’s pacemaker was hacked. From a remote location, the hacker—a murderer for hire—was able to access the device, accelerate the victim’s heart rate, and cause car…

Improving the patient and clinician experience is a priority for healthcare organizations. And while technology can help foster collaboration and communication among clinical staff, it can also be a barrier to success, limiting time spent at the patient bedside and leading to “walls” between care pr…

Security. Efficiency. Do you ever feel like you have to pick one or the other? Healthcare professionals walk this difficult tightrope every day. On the one hand, you need to share information as quickly and seamlessly as possible. (Lives are at stake! Patients are tired of waiting!) And on the other…

What makes a good hospital? Quick care? A friendly nurse? Better-than-average Jell-O? Brazil’s second largest hospital center—Hospital Alemano Oswaldo Cruz (HAOC)—has a pretty clear vision of what a good hospital should be. And it goes beyond softer sheets and better food. Their CEO, Fabio Katayama…

How can we help medical professionals see more patients? A major southern hospital needed to find an answer. They couldn’t find enough doctors and nurses to cover their growing number of patients. And to make it even tougher, they were combining two goals: rural outreach and state-wide coverage in s…

Last week, I had a scare. It was late afternoon and I had just picked my daughter up from preschool. As I helped her get buckled into her carseat, I rested my phone on the roof of the car — just for a second — to free up my hands. Fast-forward about five minutes into our journey, and I remembered wi…