{"id":329,"date":"2022-03-03T12:19:28","date_gmt":"2022-03-03T12:19:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.isb.edu\/healthcare\/?p=329"},"modified":"2025-12-31T09:24:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T09:24:16","slug":"amph-discussion-circle-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.isb.edu\/healthcare\/2022\/03\/03\/amph-discussion-circle-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Decoding a SMART Hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Smart hospitals \u201coptimize, redesign and\/or build new clinical processes, management systems and maybe even infrastructure, all enabled by underlying digitized networking infrastructure of interconnected assets, to provide a valuable service or insight which was not possible or available earlier, to achieve better patient care, experience and operational efficiency\u201d as defined by <em>Heathcare Global.<\/em>\u00a0Implemented through three important layers: data, insight and access,\u00a0these hospitals create added value by addressing the key drivers of a healthcare facility.\u00a0<span class=\"TextRun Highlight SCXW102085095 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW102085095 BCX0\">\u00a0But,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>what are its benefits for patients, healthcare providers, and others and\u00a0how\u00a0can it be financed? What will it take India to build one?\u00a0\u00a0<span class=\"TrackChangeTextDeletion TrackedChange SCXW102085095 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun Highlight SCXW102085095 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW102085095 BCX0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP TrackedChange SCXW102085095 BCX0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>AMPH Co 2022 students\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/dr-sruthi-gondi-634621168\/\">Dr. Sruthi Gondi<\/a> and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/drnishants\/\">Dr. Nishant Sunkarineni<\/a> invited experts and industry leaders to share their opinions and insights on \u201cpathways for building a smart hospital\u201d in the AMPH Discussion Circle hosted by the Max Institute of Healthcare Management.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Key insights from the discussion\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The healthcare sector is a complex environment and faces an array of challenges that include \u201cchanging care models, consumerization of healthcare, elevated cost pressure, healthcare digitalization, cybersecurity, funding challenges, tackling staff shortage, public and political pressures\u201d while maintaining the core essence of patient-centricity and clinical efficacy.<\/li>\n<li>Technology-led initiatives in a healthcare setting can provide strategic tools that can optimize multiple aspects of operational performance through the vision of \u201cSMART HOSPITALS\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>Currently, Indian hospitals have incorporated a few aspects of smart strategies but have a long way to go, though the recent pandemic has accelerated the thought process.<\/li>\n<li>Sophisticated RFID tags for inpatients, bar code scanning of medicines, smart prescriptions, smart EHR, smart lab reports assessment, remote monitoring devices, AI in clinical management, staff\/patient workflow applications are some of the smart initiatives that can be implemented in the near future.<\/li>\n<li>Developing technology-led patient-centric strategies is the key.<\/li>\n<li>Feasibility in terms of developing smart infrastructure and its financial viability\u00a0for both short and long-term basis should be assessed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><em>Moderated by the students of AMPH Co 2022, the Max Institute of Healthcare Management hosts the AMPH Discussion Circle on the third Sunday of every month on its LinkedIn page.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/update\/urn:li:activity:6901020084551454720\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here<\/a>\u00a0to go to this discussion thread.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Smart hospitals \u201coptimize, redesign and\/or build new clinical processes, management systems and maybe even infrastructure, all enabled by underlying digitized networking infrastructure of interconnected assets, to provide a valuable service or insight which was not possible or available earlier, to achieve better patient care, experience and operational efficiency\u201d as defined by Heathcare Global.\u00a0Implemented through three [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":440,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[12,14,29],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.5 - 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