As the novel coronavirus is wreaking havoc globally, it has become necessary for the healthcare industry to leverage innovative technologies and develop unique strategies to prevent the virus transmission across communities. The healthcare facilities are exposed to greater hospital acquired infections (HAIs), which results in additional expenditure for healthcare providers and patients. An increase in HAIs and rising number of surgical procedures, more incidences of chronic diseases lead to the growing demand for infection control solutions. The market requires the latest tools that come with the lesser financial cost and more straightforward implementation considerations for infection prevention programs, as part of a multifaceted approach.
To that end, the latest technologies such as AI, data analytics, predictive analytics, and machine learning are playing crucial role in fighting infections. While AI uses imaging data in diverse fields, including pathological diagnosis of cancer, diabetic retinopathy, and glaucoma screening for fighting healthcare-associated infections, data analytics decreases the level of these infections and other hospital-acquired conditions. Further, AI systems can detect patterns in the data from disparate sources that help accelerate the detection of outbreaks and provide richer datasets for subsequent analysis. Moreover, AI-based data mining of routine microbiology laboratory in the clinical microbiology laboratory aids in detecting and predicting clusters of multidrug-resistant organism colonization and infection events.
Electronic health record (EHR) is a key tool for communication across care teams and provides extensive health information. When predictive analytics and machine learning are applied to EHR data, healthcare providers can detect human errors, make consequential clinical decisions, and thus, prevent costly adverse events. To prevent any negative outcomes, healthcare providers need IT tools that develop reliable, repeatable, and standardized workflows.
To help CIOs navigate through the list of most promising infection control solution providers, MedTech Outlook narrowed the 10 most promising companies in this domain that exhibit competence in delivering robust and efficient solutions.
We present to you MedTech Outlook’s “Top 10 Infection Control Solutions Companies in APAC - 2020.”
