In Dublin, Ireland a company named Lincor Solutions has created a new machine that takes the interaction between hospital patients and their caretakers to new digitalized levels. This concept is named the MEDIVista and it consists of a touchscreen LCD machine that displays medical information for doctors and nurses and other caretakers such as such as x-rays and a patient's medication history. The patient, in the meantime, can while away the hospital stay by watching television, or listening to the radio or by making phone calls over IP, surfing the web, playing games, reading audio books or informing themselves on their condition.
The MEDIVista may come to the USA soon as Lincor Solutions has recently signed an agreement with a hospital in New Jersey to install the interactive displays in its hospital beds in its medical facilities.
What's Driving This Trend
- Smart Hospital Beds
- The creation of smart hospital beds that incorporate technology and inform caretakers and patients alike, provides disruptive innovation opportunities for medical technology companies.
- Interactive Patient Displays
- Interactive patient displays that offer a variety of engaging activities, such as webgames, TV, and other media options, provide an opportunity for innovation in the healthcare industry.
- Digitalized Health Information
- Creating systems that allow healthcare providers to access a patient's medical history and other important information digitally has the potential to transform the way medical care is administered.
Who This Affects Most
- Medical Technology
- Creating innovative medical technology that enhances patient care and communication between patients and their caretakers is the key to disrupting and transforming the medical technology industry.
- Telemedicine
- Providing remote medical care and consultation through technology is an industry that could benefit greatly from the development of interactive patient displays and digitalized healthcare information systems.
- Healthcare
- The healthcare industry as a whole could be revolutionized by the integration of technology and the creation of smart hospital beds and interactive patient displays.
