ICT&health July 25, 2024
Artur Olesch

Command centers in hospitals provide a centralized, data-driven approach to patient care and operational efficiency. Often seen as a missing puzzle to enabling a seamless patient journey, their implementation requires unique data management intelligence. We examine the benefits, use cases, and challenges of command centers.

A big picture of hospital operations

A team of healthcare professionals and engineers watches the changing parameters on the screens located on the wall – inspired by control rooms in aviation and space exploration, hospital command centers (HCCs) are centralized data hubs that accumulate real-time data across various systems within the hospital.

In one place, hospital staff can coordinate patient journeys by tracking patient flow, bed availability, resource allocation, and alerts from electronic health records—data...

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