The population across the globe is aging. This is causing an increasing volume of patients in hospitals which pushes the healthcare system to its limits. Hospitals are being asked to do increasingly more with the people and infrastructure they have in place. Hospitals are expected to deliver quality healthcare to more patients in a way that is reliable, economic, scalable, secure, measurable and efficient. They must do so with facility limitations and budget restrictions that eliminate the simple old school solution: adding more staff and more beds to scale up in response to those rising demands.
Increasing demand with limited resources leaves hospitals in a bind; but technology offers solutions. Wireless technology that creates highly connected healthcare environments is helping hospitals to address these challenges and is reshaping the future of healthcare for both patients and healthcare professionals. Wireless medical devices are not new, but they are having a much larger impact because of the way that hospitals are linking them together to create truly connected environments.
In the past, wireless devices were primarily used to help healthcare providers improve real-time patient status and act more quickly on critical patient data. The next generation of wirelessly-connected device networks will improve efficiencies in patient safety, data accuracy, and mobility, which are crucial to providing quality patient care, reducing costs and handling higher patient volumes.
The increasing number of wireless medical devices in hospitals has created the goal of the connected hospital, a fully integrated hospital where wireless technologies allow caregivers and patients to move through the hospital while providing accurate and timely monitoring. In connected hospitals caregivers can focus on providing the best quality of care to their patients, rather than administrative tasks.
But there are challenges to reaching that goal. An evaluation of the wired network is the place to start. A comprehensive review of the network will allow you to plan, update the design as needed and scope and phase the enhancements needed. The flexibility and resilience of the network is invaluable.
The increasing number of wirelessly connected devices also puts a growing burden on the cellular network. The demand grows device by device and, over time, the need for connectivity grows until everyone is complaining about the slow network. Cellular Bi-directional amplifiers (BDAs) are the practical and inexpensive solution to ensure cell coverage to every corner of the campus. BDAs take the existing cell signal and redirect and amplify it to ensure complete coverage in your workplace.
KTS is the go-to-partner for leading healthcare organizations in the Greater Boston area to ensure that their communications infrastructure supports their network demands today and in the future. We serve as a critical planning advocate to healthcare clients, ensuring their communications network is strong and able to scale as new technologies are integrated into the network. We save healthcare clients time and money by being actively involved early in the planning and design process for any and all initiatives affecting the communications network.
If you are interested in learning more about partnering with KTS to improve your communication technology contact us. We are ready to help you in the race to strengthen your infrastructure and anticipate your future needs.
