Transforming Healthcare at the Edge

MIT Technology Review June 10, 2021
In association with Lumen

Edge computing is reshaping health care by bringing big data processing and storage closer to the source, to support game-changing technologies such as the internet of things, artificial intelligence, and robotics.

Before 2020, digital transformation in health care was frustratingly slow, even as providers dreamed of boosting efficiency, increasing flexibility, and reining in spiraling costs. In a risk-averse industry known for lagging behind technology trends, doctors still had not fully adopted electronic health records, for example. And the use of digital tools for diagnosis, tracking, and treatment was emerging but limited. Yet, health-care data often needs to be accessed by collaborative teams across institutions, sometimes around the globe. System downtime or slow app performance is not an option.

These challenges...

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