In today’s rapidly evolving healthcare landscape, the costs of running a hospital are escalating at an unprecedented rate.

Between 2019 and 2022, the U.S. saw a 17.5% increase in overall hospital expenses. These rising costs impact the quality of patient care and the financial sustainability of our healthcare institutions.

We are now in the era of smart hospitals: facilities that use cutting-edge technologies to create an ecosystem for secure data sharing and analysis.

Edge computing can help provide the following benefits to the smart hospital:

1. Greater resilience by decentralizing data processing, reducing the risk of system-wide failures.
2. Hyper-efficiency by allowing real-time data analysis crucial in life-or-death medical scenarios.
3. Enhanced security and patient safety by enabling quicker response times and more robust data protection measures.

This eBook will primarily focus on hyper-efficiency, exploring how IT professionals in healthcare can maximize the benefits of this transformative technology.