Tag Archives: IoT
Healthcare Business and Technology: Using Internet of Things Data to Reduce Fall Risk
Keeping patients safe by preventing falls is a persistent challenge. It’s estimated that between 700,000 to 1 million hospitalized patients fall each year. More than one third of these falls cause injuries. Falls also lead to hospita...
Healthcare Business and Technology: The Surprising Role of the Internet of Things in Addressing Clinician Shortages
The clinician shortage is a dilemma for most hospitals today. It’s projected that the size of the RN workforce will be nearly 20% below projected requirements by 2020 and the physician shortfall will rise to nearly 122,000 by 2032. These shortages...
Big Data is Worthless Unless It’s Made Small and Actionable
What does Big Data have to do with patient safety? You might be surprised. Our electronic hand hygiene reminder system captures tens of millions of data points. To use another buzzword, we’ve turned formerly “dumb” hand sanitizer and soap dispe...