What Needs to Change to Make Hospitals Smarter?

The healthcare sector needs to adapt quickly to this fast-changing world where facilities must do more with less. On the one hand, this means focusing on building performance. In this regard it’s mostly about reducing energy and maintenance costs, but also increasing the utilization of available floorspace. On the other hand, staff must become more efficient. When it comes to technical and facility staff, the focus is on reducing the time needed for repairs and creating synergies when managing multiple buildings.

The need for smart hospitals that can do more with fewer resources is evident. More and more healthcare facilities are addressing these challenges with a culture of data-driven decision-making. Digitalization is broadly accepted as the enabler to tackle the challenges and stay competitive. For 75% of companies, digitalization is viewed as a key driver of change processes in buildings. But uncertainty and lagging experience are behind many requests for advice and simplified implementation.
What are the hurdles?

Cybersecurity concerns

Lack of collaboration between OT & IT

Complex, heterogeneous environments

Old & unconnected infrastructure

Many different facilities spread over a campus, region, or country

Multiple stakeholders with differing needs

Out of date tender processes

Unfamiliarity with new technology & best practices from around the world

What needs to change to make hospitals smarter? To answer this question, it is important to understand the two main components of what makes a hospital smart from a building-infrastructure perspective:

1. One common data environment (CDE) through the integration of systems and bringing data from these systems together in a data lake

2. Ecosystem of applications tailored to different stakeholders to maximize data value

In this session we look to cover the current challenges whilst shedding light on today’s solutions.