Danny Scott, CIO of Good Samaritan in Vincennes, Ind., joined the Becker's Healthcare podcast to share his career journey and thoughts about technology transformation for community hospitals.
Below is an excerpt from the conversation. Click here to hear the full episode.
Question: What are the most interesting technologies and applications around today?
Danny Scott: Remote patient monitoring and the hospital-at-home concepts are things I'm seeing a lot more about. If you can help someone with mobility issues get the care and treatment out of their home, or whatever facility they're in, that's going to be great. Wearables are also going to be massive. That's everything from a smart shirt to a smart watch, to headbands and glasses. Just about everything is a smart device anymore. Ultimately, wearable technology goes back to having the information sent right to providers so they can monitor their patients.
Then I think we don't give enough credence to analytics. We've got billions and billions of pieces of data, but we're not using them effectively. We need systems in place to really help make that happen. Anything that can help us make educated decisions either from a business perspective or a clinical perspective is absolutely key. We're always looking for ways we can do that better.
Recently, I've also been seeing a lot of artificial intelligence technology. That's a buzz word now in technology and some people are sick of hearing it…AI in operations is something coming down the road. One of the things that we struggle with is team members doing updates all the time, and security has become such a nightmare because of all the hacking going on. I have team members that are constantly focused on doing updates, upgrades and patches. Why not allow that to happen in a more useful way [with artificial intelligence].
I think in the next 10 years there is going to be a massive change in technology and the way healthcare is delivered. The pandemic sped that up quite a bit. Hospitals typically have a tendency to move a little slower in some cases, and the pandemic sped things up much quicker than it probably would have otherwise. The next several years are just going to be massive and limitless in terms of the things we can get done.
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