Critical figures for hospital ICT market around the world
In 2007 (forecasting)
Global Market size : $17 billion
The U.S. market's growth : 19.3% (CAGR)
The proportion of the US market around the world : 70%
Monday, May 4, 2015
The future way of hospital ICT
at 03:15
The future way of hospital ICT
As a MBA student, even though understanding the past and the present of hospital ICT is significant, drawing pictures for the future is more meaningful.
I would like to write down my several thoughts along with several references.
1. Changes in the roles of physicians, surgeons, nurses, and other staffs in the hospitals.
First of all, it is expected to be more patients-oriented services based on web interface. That will include all the sub-areas of hospital ICT, such as RIS (Radiology Information System) and LIS (Laboratory Information System).
http://www.accenture.com/SiteCollectionDocuments/PDF/Accenture-Clinical-Information-Systems-CIS-of-the-Future.pdf
2. Educations for surgeons, nurses, and patients
The development of hospital ICT will have a huge influence on education for doctors and patients in an effective manner. Such endeavors are carried out by more improved software, apps, and so on. Therefore, this way will eventually benefit the high success rate of patients' surgeries.
3. Improvements of communication between practitioners and patients.
One of critical issue in hospitals is the degree of patients' literacy for their diseases, operations, and procedures. Indeed, many researches are currently in the process to improve the patients' literacy, leading to better communication between practitioners and patients.
The future way of hospital ICT
As a MBA student, even though understanding the past and the present of hospital ICT is significant, drawing pictures for the future is more meaningful.
I would like to write down my several thoughts along with several references.
1. Changes in the roles of physicians, surgeons, nurses, and other staffs in the hospitals.
First of all, it is expected to be more patients-oriented services based on web interface. That will include all the sub-areas of hospital ICT, such as RIS (Radiology Information System) and LIS (Laboratory Information System).
http://www.accenture.com/SiteCollectionDocuments/PDF/Accenture-Clinical-Information-Systems-CIS-of-the-Future.pdf
2. Educations for surgeons, nurses, and patients
The development of hospital ICT will have a huge influence on education for doctors and patients in an effective manner. Such endeavors are carried out by more improved software, apps, and so on. Therefore, this way will eventually benefit the high success rate of patients' surgeries.
3. Improvements of communication between practitioners and patients.
One of critical issue in hospitals is the degree of patients' literacy for their diseases, operations, and procedures. Indeed, many researches are currently in the process to improve the patients' literacy, leading to better communication between practitioners and patients.
Tuesday, April 21, 2015
Current segments of hospital services
13:00
Recently, many approaches are adopted to hospital ICT. Among them, I'll introduce critical segments in that area.
1. Mobile Device
With an increasing usage of mobile devices, including smartphone and tablet PC, the application those devices into hospitals is also on the rise.
- Enhance their ability to communicate with other clinicians and healthcare providers.
- Provide clinicians with more positive work experience, both in terms of satisfaction with
their jobs and work/life balance.
2. Imaging Technology
Currently, this segment is preparing for next generation of storage and needed further developed image sharing technologies.
- By replacing or upgrading storage and image sharing technologies, hospitals can
solve the limitation of saving records and enhance interoperability among each
departments.
3. Telemedicine
To induce more positive outcomes before and after treatments or procedures, more accessible interaction between doctors and patients is prerequisite.
- Increase care coverage and extend the continuity of care.
- Not limited to face-to-face and brick and mortar based interactions.
[Reference]
1. HIMSS Analytics : http://himssanalytics.org/
Sunday, April 12, 2015
Three disappearances in hospitals
Blogged at 4/12/2015, 11:50 (edited at 20:50)
Hello, my name is Jungsuk Yum. I'm a MBA candidate at Johns Hopkins Carey business school and majored in bioengineering in my undergraduate years and worked at investment banks in Seoul. I'm highly interested in hospital services because Johns Hopkins University has the No.1 hospitals in the world.
I'll explain about a brief history and current situation of the influences of ICT on hospitals services and the ways how hospital should the ICT for more advanced customers' services. Indeed, the hospitals' operations and their services for patients have developed along with an advance in ICT. I believe there still remain many areas where hospitals should go in the future, and I would like to share my ideas with you.
Today, I'll focus on the past. Because of ICT, three things became hard to be seen in hospitals.
1. Three disappearances in hospitals
(1) Disappearance of slips :
OCS (Order Communication System)
Before a computer system had been adopted in hospitals, doctors had to write prescriptions and delivered to nurses, then the nurses explained about examinations or medicines to patients again. At that time, we call the prescription 'slip'.
However, after a computer system was established in hospitals, the prescriptions got to be delivered via an automatic system without papers. In other words, we describe the OCS as "the slips were disappeared in the hospitals.
(2) Disappearance of charts :
EMR (Electronic Medical Record)
When patients visit hospitals, doctors checked and recorded the patients' conditions on their charts with a pen. In the past, doctors and patients had to wait until the paper chart to arrive to them, which was very time-consuming. However, at present, patients can enter to the doctor's room without delay due to the paper chart. This is thanks to the EMR system. The EMR system allowed doctors to record patient's conditions on computers and save them in main computer in hospitals. Therefore, EMR led the disappearance of charts in hospitals.
(3) Disappearance of films :
PACS (Picture Archiving Communication System)
Even a few decades ago, there was no devices which could connect digitized patients' visualized records, including X-rays, CT, and MRI among each computer. Namely, there was no network system among computers for visual materials. At that time, staffs at hospitals had to deliver patients' film itself between departments and save it for records. On the other hand, now they don't need to do so because PACS allowed those films to transfer via inner-network system. Thus, PACS created the third one, the disappearance of films in hospitals.
Hello, my name is Jungsuk Yum. I'm a MBA candidate at Johns Hopkins Carey business school and majored in bioengineering in my undergraduate years and worked at investment banks in Seoul. I'm highly interested in hospital services because Johns Hopkins University has the No.1 hospitals in the world.
I'll explain about a brief history and current situation of the influences of ICT on hospitals services and the ways how hospital should the ICT for more advanced customers' services. Indeed, the hospitals' operations and their services for patients have developed along with an advance in ICT. I believe there still remain many areas where hospitals should go in the future, and I would like to share my ideas with you.
Today, I'll focus on the past. Because of ICT, three things became hard to be seen in hospitals.
1. Three disappearances in hospitals
(1) Disappearance of slips :
OCS (Order Communication System)
Before a computer system had been adopted in hospitals, doctors had to write prescriptions and delivered to nurses, then the nurses explained about examinations or medicines to patients again. At that time, we call the prescription 'slip'.
However, after a computer system was established in hospitals, the prescriptions got to be delivered via an automatic system without papers. In other words, we describe the OCS as "the slips were disappeared in the hospitals.
(2) Disappearance of charts :
EMR (Electronic Medical Record)
When patients visit hospitals, doctors checked and recorded the patients' conditions on their charts with a pen. In the past, doctors and patients had to wait until the paper chart to arrive to them, which was very time-consuming. However, at present, patients can enter to the doctor's room without delay due to the paper chart. This is thanks to the EMR system. The EMR system allowed doctors to record patient's conditions on computers and save them in main computer in hospitals. Therefore, EMR led the disappearance of charts in hospitals.
(3) Disappearance of films :
PACS (Picture Archiving Communication System)
Even a few decades ago, there was no devices which could connect digitized patients' visualized records, including X-rays, CT, and MRI among each computer. Namely, there was no network system among computers for visual materials. At that time, staffs at hospitals had to deliver patients' film itself between departments and save it for records. On the other hand, now they don't need to do so because PACS allowed those films to transfer via inner-network system. Thus, PACS created the third one, the disappearance of films in hospitals.
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