• DocumentCode
    42297
  • Title

    What Is an Intelligent Hospital?: A place where technology and design converge to enhance patient care.

  • Author

    Frisch, Paul

  • Author_Institution
    Department of Medical Physics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, USA
  • Volume
    5
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    Nov.-Dec. 2014
  • Firstpage
    10
  • Lastpage
    15
  • Abstract
    Simply put, an intelligent hospital is one that works better and smarter. It?s better because it?s resourceful, creative, and perceptive about what patients and doctors need, and it?s smarter because it?s astute and inventive when it comes to weaving together diverse technologies to enhance patient care. Driven not only by new regulatory requirements but by financial constraints and reductions in staff that require us to do more with less, institutions must now reevaluate their operational processes at all levels. And, while technology is important in an intelligent hospital, it?s not the only focus. Facility design is also critical, including infrastructure and room design conducive to optimizing the management of patients, supplies, and devices.
  • Keywords
    Biomedical monitoring; Electronic medical records; Health information management; Hospitals; Intelligent structures; Internet; Mobile communication; Patient monitoring; Real-time systems; Telecommunication services; Telemedicine; Wireless networks;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Pulse, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    2154-2287
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MPUL.2014.2355297
  • Filename
    6955917