CHRISTOPH KARL – HEAD OF PRODUCT MANAGEMENT, SCHRACK SECONET, AUSTRIA DIGITAL SOLUTIONS
Hospital communication – more time for patients
Christoph Karl, head of product management healthcare systems at Schrack Seconet, explains how technically innovative solutions can ease the burden on medical personnel by increasing efficiency and reducing stress.
In the healthcare sector, the human factor is irreplaceable. Digitalisation bears enormous potential to improve conditions for both patients and professionals. Healthcare professionals walk up to 15 km per shift and in patient transportation this number can even climb up to 27 km.1 This kind of physical strain can be significantly decreased by using mobile devices. More efficiency through intelligent communication systems means more time for patients and therefore directly improves the quality of care.
Healthcare needs future tech In 2018, the European Commission published a report on possible scenarios regarding the European Union’s demographic development. The report shows that the population of most bigger member states will continue to shrink until the year 2060. The curves point upwards, though, if immigration is included in the forecast.2
According to this estimate, the
EU will not only have to cope with recurring waves of immigration but also with the challenges of an ageing population as well as an increase in people dependant on care.3
These developments
will generate significant challenges for healthcare facilities in the coming decades. The healthcare sector therefore needs to
Using modern communication systems can significantly improve the quality of care.
adapt to the coming changes and needs to flexible when restructuring and refitting its operations. Besides demographic and societal changes, digitalisation is another big issue. Employees in nursing professions in times of skilled worker shortages expect simplifications to their working routines via digital assistance. The patients of tomorrow expect highly modern facilities that not only offer excellent medicinal and nursing quality but
Christoph Karl
Christoph Karl Bsc Msc has been working for 16 years in the field of product management for security and facility technology. A trained mechatronics engineer, he has been a part of the Austrian high-tech company Schrack Seconet since 2015 and is currently the head of product management healthcare. An experienced specialist in both engineering and marketing, Christoph manages the whole product life cycle of his company’s healthcare portfolio, which specialises in communication technologies. With a lot of passion and innovative spirit, he, together with his team, pushes the development of state-of-the-art call, communication, and protection systems - including mobile emergency calls, disorientation, and runaway protection - always with the aim of
simplifying the everyday life of care staff with technology, improving the safety and comfort of patients and residents, and increasing the overall quality of everyday care.
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also a high level of comfort. That is why technical suppliers in the healthcare sector are challenged to provide high- performance technologies like mobile apps, cloud services, or AR/VR environments in support of the industry. This means only those who are willing and able to incorporate, analyse, and evaluate user experience into the development of their products and services will be in a position to become reliable partners for healthcare facilities. Some innovations of recent times that have become increasingly common already show where the journey will lead to. Human-machine interfaces that are designed for users with low technical expertise, or for people living with dementia or comparable diseases, or to bring about renewed focus on providing a greater variety of languages for operating systems, are just a few examples of increasing expectations that will only further rise in demand.
System integration – all in one, one for all The increasingly complex requirements of modern healthcare facilities demand intelligent technological solutions that
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