3 ways public hospitals use tech
TECHNOLOGY
3 ways public hospitals use tech
• To access the latest healthcare tech . The NHS deploys state — of — the — art radiology equipment from Siemens Healthineers to its hospital trust in Manchester
• To complete admin more efficiently . One example is through robotic process automation ( RPA ). UiPath ' s software bots are in use at a Dublin hospital to carry out repetitive processing tasks .
• To analyse CT scans and detect abnormalities . Skin Analytics uses artificial intelligence to spot whether a skin lesion is cancerous or not . It is set to be implemented across NHS hospitals in England are critical issues for healthcare organisations , the temptation is to keep everything on — premises " Springfield says . " While that can make sense for especially sensitive workloads and applications because it provides tighter controls , it may not be viable for the longer term , as the amount of data that must be managed and stored continues growing ."
Data security Keeping patient data secure is not just crucial for the patients , but for the healthcare provider too . Ransomware attacks — where a hacker demands money in exchange for not releasing private data — have risen dramatically in recent years , particularly since the COVID — 19 pandemic began . In 2020 alone these rose by 55 %, costing almost $ 21 billion in downtime .
98 August 2021