New Opportunities Health Care Provider Should Not Overlook | Elon Musk owned SpaceX In Talks With NCC To Bring Satellite-Based Broadband Internet To Nigeria
US-based Space exploration company, SpaceX has said it is working with the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to secure the required licenses to launch Starlink, its satellite Internet service, in Nigeria.
Per the NCC, Ryan Goodnight, SpaceX’s Starlink Market Access Director for Africa, disclosed this in a meeting with NCC’s Executive Vice-Chairman (EVC). Umar Danbatta on Friday in Abuja.
Apparently, SpaceX had been in many virtual discussions with the NCC for several months, and both parties finally agreed on a face-to-face meeting to discuss the project’s prospects in Nigeria.
The NCC states that its decision on SpaceX’s proposal will be made in line with its regulatory duties to ensure healthy competition among telecom companies in Nigeria.
What are the opportunities for health care?
- Telemedicine access with increase: Telemedicine refers to the practice of caring for patients remotely when the provider and patient are not physically present with each other. Modern technology has enabled doctors to consult patients by using HIPAA-compliant video-conferencing tools. Telemedicine has seen an increase in acceptance and usage due to the following:
- Increase access to care.
- Reduction of cost.
- Improves delivery of care.
- Reduces infection spread.
- Convenience.
Its major drawback has been poor internet connection but if this arrangement between NCC and Space X, issues of the poor network will be a thing of the past. Space X uses satellite technology unlike the normal terrestrial technology currently used by the Nigerian telecommunication companies. The Space X satellite can reach people in rural areas at even reduced cost and increased higher speed. It is rumored that it will have 10Mbps. Your hospital or should be warming up for this change be gradually introducing Telemedicine into your website so as to enjoy the benefits of early adaptors and not to be left behind.
2. Better Interoperability:
Interoperability for healthcare systems is somewhat of a sore subject in the industry. Interoperability has been the Achilles heel in healthcare data for most developed nations but almost not existent in Nigeria. But with this kind of significant advances and attempts, including the new interoperability rule (FHIR ). However, it’s still a struggle that adds unnecessary costs to the healthcare ecosystem and can negatively impact patient care.
When interoperability works, different platforms can communicate and exchange information. It removes the barriers driving these key benefits for all stakeholders. Fast, affordable, reliable internet connections will a long way in making it work.
What Are Your Interoperability Challenges and What You Can Do?
Interoperability for healthcare systems has a tangled web of challenges. You can’t fix all of them, but you can improve your internal interoperability relating to data sharing making your EMR FHIR complaint.
3. Cloud-based EMR:
EMR systems basically fall into two categories: cloud-based or client-server. Cloud-based systems store a practice’s data on external servers. Physicians, practice managers, and other authorized staff can access information via the web, requiring only a computer or mobile device with a secure Internet connection.
Client-server systems store data in-house, requiring a server, hardware, and software installed in the physician’s office. Despite the historic popularity of in-house servers, medical practices are increasingly switching to the cloud for a number of reasons.
Some physicians skeptical about cloud-based EHMR systems cite security and poor internet as a concern. While the uncertainty is understandable, web-based EMR systems can actually deliver greater security than client-server systems and paper records.
Web-based EMR systems meet HIPAA compliance through data centers with bank-level security and high-level encryption methods that make data unreadable – even if a security breach occurs. Client-server systems often remain unencrypted and only as secure as the room or closet where a practice stores them.
Cloud-based data is safer than paper and client-server records in the event of a natural disaster or fire. Cloud data remains backed up securely in multiple locations. Unlike cloud systems, backups for client-server records are most vulnerable to breach during transport to storage facilities.
Most people already trust the cloud to store a great deal of their sensitive data. Email systems like Gmail and Yahoo! use cloud storage. Personal information for online banking, shopping, and social sites like Facebook get stored in the cloud as well.
4. Internet of Things for Health Care
The IoT is set to transform the healthcare industry within the next decades, as it has great potential and multiple applications, from remote monitoring to medical device integration. Source: https://archer-soft.com/blog/benefits-internet-things-hospitals-and-healthcare.
The Internet of Things has already changed the world. It influences both the way we live and our work. Today, as Broadband Internet is available and affordable almost everywhere, and Wi-Fi capabilities and sensors have been built into a wide range of devices and gadgets, the penetration of wearables and smartphones is soaring. All these aspects have cleared a path for the IoT in the everyday lives of people and in numerous sectors of the economy, including healthcare Source: https://archer-soft.com/blog/benefits-internet-things-hospitals-and-healthcare.
The next step seems obvious – the IoT will allow electronic devices that capture or monitor data to connect to a private or public cloud so that these devices can automatically trigger certain events. Given the numerous smart devices in healthcare, such as thermometers, blood-gas analyzers, glucose meters, smart beds, mobile X-ray machines, ultrasound units, etc., the IoT in healthcare can transform patient care.
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