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How The Internet of Things Will Affect Health Care
Devices everywhere talking to devices anywhere could radically change health care.
Welcome to the Internet of Things (IoT).
Anything that has the potential to have a sensor can communicate to
anything else that has a sensor. Moreover, analytics that are "watching"
the stream of sensor data can orchestrate activity; for example,
sensors on cars that indicate a traffic gridlock can lead to analytics
changing the traffic light sequence. If that sounds a little too
Orwellian for you, imagine the tremendous benefits from a health and
welfare perspective. Read More
patient safety should trump all other values; corporate concerns about liability and intellectual property ownership may be valid but should not over-ride all other considerations;
transparency and a commitment to patient safety should govern vendor contracts;
institutions are duty-bound to provide ethics education to purchasers and users, and should commit publicly to standards of corporate conduct; and
vendors, system purchasers, and users should encourage and assist in each others’ efforts to adopt best practices.
