Post-Pandemic Cloud & Healthcare
Back in 2019, the Enterprise Cloud Index Report revealed that the healthcare industry is embracing public clouds at a 13% penetration rate compared to the 12% global average, evidencing the confidence the healthcare sector was discovering in cloud technology.
During the Covid pandemic, the immediate need to adopt technology and digitize healthcare infrastructure was felt. For instance, social distancing meant that patients needed teleconsultation facilities, to give one small example. Post-pandemic, the adoption and integration of this technology in healthcare and lifesciences gained in significance to the extent of bringing about sea changes, many permanent, in those ecosystems.
Today, cloud computing has revolutionized how healthcare providers deliver treatment and manage their data. At a very basic level, automation of processes allows frontline workers to free themselves from time-consuming manual processes, thus improving the processes of delivering care to patients. Similarly, leading life-sciences companies are discovering the benefits of cloud in enabling analytics, speeding-up innovation cycles, and standardizing processes across global operations.
As per a BCC research, it is expected that the Compound Annual Growth Rate of cloud computing services and solutions will maintain a course of 15% increase till the year 2025. By the year 2025, the size of the cloud powered healthcare market will be $55 BN.
Benefits of Using Cloud Technology in Healthcare
The integration of technology into healthcare is accelerating a new age of personalized, data-driven healthcare systems, and cloud-based technologies are at the forefront of this transformation.
Data management & centralized medical records
Patients no longer need to have separate files/medical records for various doctors’ visits. Nowadays, all files and reports are located at one centralized location, usually accessible via a web portal. Cloud-based digital health technologies give doctors and other medical professionals instant and secure access to patient data, from anywhere in the world. This also enables real-time updates about patient diagnoses, treatments, and medications, between various doctors and caregivers. Operational effectiveness and productive collaboration ensue.
Services like AWS S3 (from AWS) or Blob (from Azure) help with storage and retrieval of medical records. Managed services like Glacier (from AWS) provide periodical backups too. Neither doctors nor patients need to track physical paperwork, making healthcare delivery smooth.
Patient engagement and care
How does a cloud-based healthcare solution help in enhancing patient care? These days, all it takes is a few clicks for patients to easily schedule appointments with doctors. Simple notification systems like SMS or email, with the help of cloud platforms, can be used for auto-reminders for both doctors and patients. Reminders for taking medicines, timely interaction with doctors post-surgery and many such are being taken care of by cloud platforms.
Medical record security
Well-known cloud platforms, like AWS and GCP, are making sure that data stored over the cloud is accessible only to the relevant healthcare providers, as and when required. In comparison to physical files and records, cloud-powered healthcare solutions are more secure against information leaks. Furthermore, cloud EHR (Electronic Health Record) systems are frequently backed up by multiple servers. As a result, patient records will be saved and available even if one server fails.
Healthcare analytics and decision-making
Machine learning models based on cloud data are being leveraged to perform clinical and medical device data analytics. Even though highly scalable platforms are needed for storing and analyzing the volume and variety of healthcare data, analytics is proving to be an invaluable tool for accurate and insightful discoveries and diagnosis.
At present, predictive models support real-time decision-making - something essential to the healthcare industry. The boom in AI coupled with cloud-computing technologies promises to further revolutionize healthcare delivery by precisely predicting patients' future medical requirements by analyzing massive volumes of data from wearables or electronic health records.
According to a research by McKinsey & company, by 2030, AI will handle 50% of ordinary healthcare duties, freeing clinicians to concentrate on providing value-based care to patients.
Cloud-based tech solutions will continue to transform the healthcare industry in numerous ways. Cloud-based digital tools like telemedicine and mobile applications are expanding access to care, thus improving patient results. Healthcare professionals are making data-driven decisions and delivering timely interventions with quick, secure access to complete patient information.
Hospital admissions will drop by 50% by 2025, thanks to the adoption of cloud-based solutions by 83% of healthcare organizations. As a result of receiving care at home, patients will get better results at lower costs, according to medicaleconomics.com.
As newer technologies emerge, so do the possibilities for bettering healthcare around the world.
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