The Internet of Things
in Health
The “Things” that make the Internet of Your Things relevant in health:
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“Things” health providers use: |
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Things their patients use: |
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Things the health institution uses: |
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Things their supply chain uses: |
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Trends in health that make the Internet of Things with Microsoft
a natural next step include:
- Mobility has begun to have a profound effect on how and where care is delivered.
- BI/analytics to improve outcomes and contain costs.
- Increased enforcement and security and compliance initiatives.
- Improving the efficiency of hospital operations and staff productivity.
- HDOs are taking measured steps towards the cloud.
- Telehealth is the secure use of ICT for health and wellness, healthcare services, and surveillance while telemedicine is between the provider and patient.
How the Internet of Things can transform healthcare and patient experiences:
Microsoft data and BI solutions enable health enterprises to gain business insights from structured and unstructured data of virtually any size and activate new types of data irrespective of its location. With our data and BI capabilities, Microsoft is focused on helping health organizations achieve their vision of providing better patient care at lower costs.
The Microsoft cloud platform enables health enterprises to consume computing resources on demand to enable better sharing and communications to improve collaboration across the patient care team. With the support of our health industry partners, Microsoft is focused on providing both on-premises and cloud-based solutions that our customers need to gain the benefits of cloud services on their terms.
Microsoft Azure Intelligent Systems Service enables enterprises to more securely connect, capture, and store machine-generated data from both intelligent devices and sensors that can then be harnessed in a multitude of ways to improve operational and business agility.
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