CIO OPINION
Edge technologies are able to eliminate unnecessary latency and deliver far speedier results than traditional architectures .
Jacob Chacko , Regional
Business Head – Middle East , Saudi & South Africa
How the Edge is set to reshape the world of healthcare
From 5G-enabled remote operations to patient apps , digital innovations are being deployed in the healthcare sector to try and mitigate these challenges . However , there is one missing piece of the technology puzzle required to bring these key developments together and ensure the sector can keep scaling up – and that can be found at the Edge . Jacob Chacko , Regional Business Head – Middle East , Saudi and South Africa ( MESSA ) HPE ARUBA , explains how the Edge is on the verge of redesigning the healthcare industry .
The healthcare industry has reached a crisis point . According to a recent Deloitte report , global healthcare expenditure is expected to increase from US $ 7 trillion to US $ 10 trillion by 2022 , as the cost of providing services in every country across the world rises steeply . Combine this with our ever-expanding ( and aging ) global population and the steady increase in average life expectancy ( rising by 5.5 years between 2000 and 2016 ) and it is perhaps no wonder that current healthcare infrastructures are struggling to cope under the sheer volume of what they are expected to support .
From 5G-enabled remote operations to patient apps , digital innovations are being deployed to try and mitigate these challenges . However , there is one missing piece of the technology puzzle required to bring these key developments together and ensure the healthcare sector can keep scaling up – and that can be found at the Edge .
We developed a book with Fast Future which aimed to uncover the wealth of possibilities set to be unlocked by Edge technologies over the next three to five years . Defined as technologies that allow the processing of data by devices at the Edge of networks , HPE Aruba has identified this as the next frontier . Moving processes and applications to the Edge of the network will be imperative to enable the
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