IT and Security Monitoring Made Easy For Hospitals and Clinics
July 29, 2019Challenges
- Maintaining availability of critical servers and applications serving the ER, lab, radiology, etc.
- Providing doctors with instant access to client records from anywhere and at anytime
- Reliability of diagnostics machines as they “commit records”
- Slow response time when accessing clinical repositories
- Visibility into slow service issues and ability to proactively identify causes of delay
- Ensuring compliance with federal regulations like HIPAA
A Smart Hospital’s Primary Objective Is Patient Safety
- Focused on the healthcare experience and optimizing the patient outcome
- Context-awareness intelligently relates the patient, provider, and specific scenario
- Leverages technology to maximize information accessibility and availability
Technology Components of a Smart Hospital
- Monitoring assures anytime, anywhere access to information
- Security and other control mechanisms protect corporate assets; assure privacy
- Security tools and Security Controls
- PDA / Tables and BYOD
- Electronic Medical Records
- Clinical Data Repositories
- Network Monitoring Tools
- Bar code scanners RFID chips