As we close out the year, we asked several healthcare executives to share their predictions and trends for 2021.
Kimberly Powell, Vice President & General Manager, NVIDIA Healthcare
Federated Learning: The clinical community will increase their use of federated learning approaches to build robust AI models across various institutions, geographies, patient demographics, and medical scanners. The sensitivity and selectivity of these models are outperforming AI models
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How The Internet of Things (IoT) Can Be Used to Monitor The Elderly
Ajay Rane, VP of Global Ecosystem Development, Sigfox
Shelter-in-place orders related to the COVID-19 pandemic have exaggerated the social exclusion and loneliness of many elderly and vulnerable individuals, thereby increasing their chances of experiencing critical health complications. This trend—combined with societal shifts including reduced inter-generational living, greater geographical mobility, and less cohesive communities—has placed the elderly at heightened risk of being isolated
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Microsoft Deploys COVID-19 Vaccine Management Platform
What You Should Know:
- Microsoft launches a COVID-19 vaccine management platform with partners Accenture and Avanade, EY, and Mazik Global to help government and healthcare customers provide fair and equitable vaccine distribution, administration, and monitoring of vaccine delivery.
- Microsoft Consulting Services (MCS) has deployed
over 230 emergency COVID-19 response missions globally since the pandemic began
in March, including recent engagements to ensure the equitable, secure
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Medigate, Ordr Emerge as Leaders in Growing Healthcare IoT Market, KLAS Report Finds
What You Should Know:
- As the buying wave of healthcare IoT solutions
continues, strong technology offerings and numerous new wins in the last year
have established Medigate and Ordr as leaders in the growing market.
- KLAS finds that the adoption of security solutions for the healthcare internet of things (IoT) continues to grow as healthcare organizations look for ways to understand and manage the risk associated with connected devices.
The adoption of security solutions for
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How Contactless Technologies Can Propel Healthcare Towards the Future
Ana Maria Giménez, Partners’ Solutions Sales Director, Sigfox
With the continued spread of COVID-19, health organizations around the world are accelerating their adoption of tech solutions that mitigate the need for physical contact between healthcare providers and patients. Contactless innovations like automated robots and the Internet of Things (IoT) not only reduce the spread of disease in medical facilities, though; they also have the potential to improve overall organizational
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Envisioning a 5G-Powered Retail-Healthcare Hub
Mitzi Amon, Director of Healthcare Marketing at Vertiv
If you’ve been to a big-brand grocery or department store recently, you probably noticed some form of healthcare outlet – or maybe you didn’t. These in-store pharmacies and clinics have become so omnipresent, right there next to the diapers, dog food, and green beans, that unless you use them, you may not notice them at all.
This convergence of healthcare and retail has been happening for a few years and represents one of the
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Allscripts, Microsoft Ink 5-Year Partnership to Support Cloud-based Sunrise EHR, Drive Co-Innovation
What You Should Know:
- Allscripts and Microsoft sign a five-year partnership extension to support Allscripts’ cloud-based Sunrise electronic health record and drive co-innovation.
- The alliance will enable Allscripts to harness the power of Microsoft’s platform and tools, including Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Teams, and Power BI, creating a more seamless and highly productive user experience.
Today Allscripts and
Microsoft Corp. announced the
extension of their long-standing
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Leveraging Big Data for Real World Clinical Analytics
Abhay Singhal, SVP of Provider & Healthcare Services at CitiusTech.
Recently, as the world has watched the coronavirus crisis unfold, the power of big data to track, illustrate, and inform has taken center stage. A compelling example is the near real-time map created by Johns Hopkins Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) that shows all the cases as the disease spreads across the globe.
With far-reaching implications for healthcare, big data enables deep analysis of data
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3 Healthcare Cybersecurity Trends to Watch in 2020
The healthcare industry frequently struggles with data breaches and other cybersecurity incidents. That's likely because cybercriminals know the value of medical data. It's also problematic that healthcare information often gets passed between multiple parties and organizations, some of which may have insufficient security practices.
Attacks from malicious actors aren't ceasing, which means healthcare cybersecurity must remain a priority in 2020. But, what, specifically, should parties
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Executive Insights: Top Healthcare Predictions & Trends to Watch in 2020
As we close out the year, we asked several healthcare industry executives to share their predictions and trends for 2020.
Robbie Hughes, Founder, and CEO, Lumeon
“Following the announcement of the Trump administration's price transparency requirement – and the ensuing backlash from hospital groups – the issue of price transparency will dominate the healthcare industry next year. Regardless of the outcome of the lawsuit, I expect we'll see more attention around the importance of the
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