Because of their more active participation in their own health, the connection between care institution and patient plays an increasingly important role. We see this strong connection, for example, in the increased connection of ICT networks with IoT platforms, patient portals and health apps. Together, they form a broad ecosystem in which both the care institution and the patient have easy access to real-time and transparent health data.

But collaboration across care institutions is also becoming stronger, allowing individual hospitals to specialize in groundbreaking medical research and treatment. This evolution towards the development of specialized centers makes it possible to invest more specifically in specific care applications. This gives you the necessary budget, personnel and expertise to continue realizing further innovations.

Certainly, this increased digitization, transparency and mutual collaboration also brings cybersecurity challenges. That is why it is always necessary to keep your connected networks up to date with the latest security methods.