Aruba predicts hospital systems will be run through the cloud

According to newly released data by research analyst International Data Corporation (IDC), Saudi Arabia is the fastest-growing health care IT market in the MEA region, forecast to expand by around 13.4 percent annually.
Health care is the second fastest growing sector after government in terms of IT spending. Nino Giguashvili, senior research analyst for IDC Health Insights, mentions that while markets like Saudi Arabia present exceptional opportunities to health care IT suppliers across the whole ecosystem, it is the right time to focus on mobile solutions to health care providers' organizational needs, and MEA's health care challenges overall.
By 2025, Aruba Networks predicts hospital systems will be run primarily through the cloud rather than paper, accessed through mobile devices and fed by real-time data from a huge range of consumer mobile devices, including wearables.
Built on evidence from early adopters of this mobile infrastructure, it estimates that efficiency could be boosted by 50 percent with misdiagnosis reduced by three quarters, while helping to meet the ever-growing public expectations of the health service.
Against the backdrop of the rapid pace of ICT innovations in the health care industry, Aruba Networks predicts hospitals to be 50 percent more efficient through the birth of the mCloud; will reduce misdiagnosis by 75 percent through the partnership of real-time data and mobile technology, and deliver a truly paperless and wireless world driving better confidentiality and collaboration. For both patients and visitors, the hospitals need not be a place for long waiting periods.
Gamal Emara, regional head, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Levant, Aruba Networks, says, “We are already seeing Saudi organizations put mobile at the heart of their infrastructure, to the benefit of their staff, patients and visitors. With time, it will become the de-facto model for the industry.”