Healthcare IT Today June 6, 2022
The following is a guest article by Bridget Meuse, Industry Strategist at Akamai.
The evolution of connected healthcare, already well underway, got a major boost during the COVID pandemic. The shift to remote healthcare service delivery, together with the expansion of the Internet of medical things (IoMT), went into overdrive with the arrival of SARS Cov-2. Almost overnight, the ability to deliver personalized care through virtual interactions, connected devices and advanced automation went from being a “nice to have” to a “need to have.”
While the speed and scope of technology modernization across the healthcare sector has been dramatic, it creates a challenge: How to effectively handle the massive surge in data and network traffic generated by these connected devices...