Smart Hospitals: What Are They and How Are They Improving Patient Care?

Smart hospital technologies — including TVs, sensors and digital door signs — along with artificial intelligence offer ways to integrate data in real time and improve the patient and provider experience.Health systems are reimagining their facilities with smart hospital technology to boost patient care and improve provider efficiency.Smart hospitals are connected technologies that deliver real-time analytical insights to improve patient care. These technologies include artificial intelligence, machine learning, computer vision and smart sensors.Smart hospital solutions from companies such as Artisight offer a full system of sensors that solve problems with real-time, data-driven automations. It includes cameras, speakers, microphones, an indoor positioning system and large language models that read EHRs, according to Gostine.

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Telemedicine, connected medical devices and remote monitoring are also part of the smart hospital innovations at Northwestern Medicine, based in Chicago. Remote monitoring could provide real-time data to reduce patient readmissions post-discharge, says Hannah Koczka, vice president of ventures and innovation at Northwestern Medicine. For example the health system’s “hospital at home” program can help patients manage their diabetes and address medication adherence.

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