Hospitals of the future and Internet of Things
Increased digitisation and smaller budgets at hospitals make “Internet of Things” a more important technology
What the media said04 April 2017
Internet of Things (IoT) is a concept where physical objects equipped with small sensors are able to communicate with the surroundings through the internet. Systematic’s IT solution within service logistics, Columna Service Logistics, is supported by an IoT platform that receives data from different tracking technologies. The data is used to create an overview of current tasks and available equipment.
"Studies show that nurses spend between 25 minutes and 2 hours every day looking for equipment. With the IoT platform, hospital staff such as orderlies and nurses will spend far less time looking for equipment. So the possible time saved is a huge potential in itself,” says Jacob Gade, Senior Consultant at Systematic.
IoT can be used within many areas of the healthcare system. We still have many opportunities ahead and we are looking forward to using the IoT-solution to develop great solutions for our customers
Great potential
With the construction of new super hospitals comes new technological facilities and modern, digitised buildings. Along with savings on health budgets, this means that the IoT technology will only become more significant in the future.
The opportunities are enormous and can be used to make the workflows and processes at hospitals more efficient. The challenge will be to convert the large amount of data from the digitally linked objects into useful information, which can be used in the daily planning of workflows and procedures. Data becomes more accessible with the IoT platform, and thus it will be possible for many suppliers to offer solutions to this challenge.
Read the full story in the magazine Hospital – Drift & Arkitektur (in Danish)
