The healthcare industry’s migration to electronic health records is a hot-button issue within an industry full of hot buttons. A major challenge of modernizing storage, access and proper dissemination of all those records is the sheer size of some medical files. This is where cable operators say they can help.
“The typical size for a Picture Archiving and Communications Systems image set — such as an x-ray — used by radiologists in everyday evaluations is 500 Megabytes,” Steve Rowley, SVP of Cox Business, says. “The size of these commonly used imaging files tells us clearly that the healthcare industry has significant needs as it embarks on a massive migration to electronic health records and networked data exchange.”
Several cable companies and the industry’s marketing organization, CTAM will be showcasing technology to address healthcare’s connectivity needs at this week’s HIMSS Annual Conference & Exhibition in Las Vegas.
“Supporting healthcare technology will require a strong network backbone to ensure peak performance,” Alexandra Sewell, VP of Enterprise Marketing, Comcast Business, explains. “This is the foundation to building an effective healthcare IT delivery chain, which ultimately provides quality patient care – something that we’re all striving to do.”
Jeff Greenberg, Time Warner Cable Group vice president marketing, mid-market and channels, points in particular to cable’s advanced networking and cloud solution skill sets. “As the healthcare industry is focused on providing the best possible care for patients and their families, the cable industry is supporting this mission with technologies … that work together to help healthcare organizations stay connected, secure and compliant,” Greenberg says.
Increasing complexity in the health IT space is likely to grow in the foreseeable future, Cynthia Carpenter, VP of Product Management, Spectrum Business, adds. She says cable’s high-capacity, fiber-rich networks can efficiently connect providers, patients and facilities across the healthcare ecosystem with simple, reliable services that are “easy to deploy and scale as healthcare customer needs evolve.”
At the HIMSS today, executives from Marshall Medical Centers and La Frontera will share health IT success stories during the session, “Cable Keeps Healthcare Well Connected.” In addition to CTAM, cable companies participating at HIMSS 2016 are Comcast Business, Cox Business, Spectrum Business and Time Warner Cable Business Class.
