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The Virtual Hospital of the Future
Frost & Sullivan, March 2007, Pages: 62
This Frost & Sullivan research service titled Virtual Hospital for the Future provides the facets of a VH, categories such as virtual environments and virtual tele-applications, which constitute the fundamental elements, and a technology platform for a VH along with key drivers, restraints and analysis of trends witnessed.
Advances in IT, Computing, and Telecommunications Take Telemedicine to a New and Improved Level: The Virtual Hospital
Developments in computing, information technology, and telecommunications infrastructure are stimulating an interactive information system based on a three-dimensional (3D) model of a real hospital. A virtual hospital (VH) is based on the telemedicine platform, but unlike telemedicine it deploys virtual environments and could be based on a contact patient-computer (the virtual doctor concept) instead of the conventional medical-medical or patient-medical services. The patient is allowed to experience a near realistic impression of the actual healthcare process by being able to see and interact with the doctors, nurses, administration personnel, and also other patients in the VH.
A VH constitutes an original partnership between healthcare professionals and industries for the delivery of telemedical services for global healthcare. 'Concurrent and coordinated access from local as well as remote areas realizing collaborative access of patient data, collaborative manipulation, and collaborative control can enable the VH to achieve a global approach to healthcare services,' notes the analyst of this research service. Some of the technologies that would encompass a VH platform include satellite link, terrestrial links, grid technologies, electronic health record (EHR), data-mining, and decision support.
Credible Scientific Evidence and Cost Benefits Must Be Put Forth To Encourage the VH Technology
The idea edging forward a VH is a virtual combination of applications such as telemedicine, telecare, telehealth, online health, and e-health to enable and accelerate the interoperability and interconnection of services developed by different organizations at different locations through real integration. Falling equipment costs, increased power on the desktop, and ease-of-use are important factors in building the concept of a VH. 'However, people are cautious about investing and are demanding data that would substantiate the use of this technology,' observes the analyst.' Paradoxically, the lack of credible evidence to support the use of technology is deterring funding for research to build the evidence base.'
Apart from the inadequate supportive data, the uncertain cost benefits is discouraging commercial companies from entering this field. The uncertainty is likely to remain as a major restraint, until studies are carried out to demonstrate the cost effectiveness of such a setup.
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