The Importance of Digital Technologies in the Hospital

Hospital burnout is a crisis that we're facing from the provider at burnout standpoint. And all of the innovations that you put forth as B.D. can render itself useless if we don't figure out how to solve it, he says. "We've been investing very heavily in automation and other technologies"

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Today, in the average ICU, there are 35 smart devices with independent alarms, resulting in 750 alarms per patient per day.

And technology that was supposed to make life easier for medical professionals is overwhelming them and contributing to burnout.

So, what can innovators do build technology that supports providers and enhances the care experience?

Tom Polen serves as President, Chairman and CEO of Becton, Dickinson and Company or BD, a $20 billion global medical technology company headquartered in New Jersey.

Tom is focused on advancing BDs role in redefining the future of healthcare through innovative technologies and solutions that are changing people's lives.

On this episode of HLTH Matters, Tom joins hosts Dr. Jessica Shepherd and Dr. Guatam Gulati to discuss how the first generation of medical technology contributes to the crisis of provider burnout and what BD is doing to improve the next generation of digital solutions.

Tom shares his vision for the at-home health experience, explaining what medical services can be performed by patients and how the role of the clinician will change with the adoption of self-screening and in-home treatments.

Listen in for Tom’s insight on AI-enabled medication management and learn how BD identifies the future needs of health care and then invents technologies to advance the world of health.

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