How Human-Centered Tech Eases Urgent Healthcare Issues
New technologies are extending the reach of physicians, improving the quality of healthcare and building a true union with the people for whom they care.
We are more informed than before and more involved in making ourown healthcare decisions. But there are trust issues on bothsides. Patients demand and deserve transparency, data safeguardsand the creation of a real partnership between healthcare providersand patients. Doctors want innovative solutions that solvecomplex health challenges, without having to contend with internettheories and misinformation.
While that once seemed impossible, new technologies are usheringin ways for doctors to build a new relationship. They are extendingthe reach of physicians, improving the quality of the care they provideand building a true union with the people for whom they care.
How Lenovovirtual health services can help
IT transformation services from Lenovo givehospital systems the technology to build trust and break down wallsbetween doctors and their patients. This common ground creates better andfaster care. It enables doctors to extend theirreach while nurturing the deep humanconnections that lead to better outcomes.
Lenovo virtual health services enable healthcareproviders to solve a persistent problem: there are more people than ever beforewith chronic conditions, and there are not enough physicians to treatthem. Remote care for chronic conditions such as Lenovo'sVirtual Care Solution integrates devices with an AIenabled virtual assistant to multiply the reach ofphysicians, helping patients meet their health goals and stay much closerto their care team than they ever could with just the occasional doctor'sappointment.
Solutions like that are core to the compassion patientscrave and doctors strive to provide. In fact, both doctors and patients reportthat compassion is the single most important principle in healthcare. Notonly do physicians and patients prefer it, but it makes the whole system moreefficient.
How to engagepatients with virtual reality
Sometimes true kindness is found in caring for the wholepatient not just the disease. That's what inspired the StarlightChildren's Foundation to design virtual reality (VR) experiences with the LenovoMirage Solo VR headset. This program engages children undergoingmedical procedures and provides them with a little fun, turninga dreaded treatment into a shared opportunity for healing andjoy.
Transformative technology like that can also ignite human connection at the other end of life. Pivotal Reality uses Lenovo VR to bring comfort to patients with dementia and help them reengage with what once seemed irretrievably lost.
How technology helps radiologists display accuracy and empathy
Advanced technology is also solving what seemed like intractable problems for the whole healthcare system. For instance, radiology has long been a profession prone to burnout. Teleradiology, powered by Lenovo's secure mobile clients and displays, lets radiologists participate in empathetic care and partner more efficiently with the growing patient population.
As that population grows, the burden of diagnosis andmisdiagnosis weighs heavily on doctors, but physicians are getting help fromLenovo AI Innovation Centers. Together with research institutionsworldwide, the AI Innovation Center is helping healthcare professionals accurately classifyand diagnose a variety of tumors and other illnesses. That reduces theworkload for doctors and helps avoid misdiagnosis due to fatigue.
Smart healthcare technology drives medicine forward while protecting every patient
- Lenovo's GOAST solution is helping accelerate genome sequencing for entire populations. This brings us yet closer to a world of precision medicine delivering personalized prevention, diagnosis, and treatment.
- Lenovo's end-to-end security solutions, like ThinkShield, are transforming the patient and healthcare experience safely, privately and securely.
Human connection and smartertechnology are coming together to make the unimaginable routine,and forge a new trust between physicians and patients. Human-centeredtechnology has turned treatment into a shared mission for patients,doctors and the innovators that support them.
To learn more about CDW and Lenovo's solutions for healthcareproviders, visit CDW.ca/healthcare