Healthcare firms focus on cyber security, AI: Report

“Cyber security (77 per cent), Big Data analytics (72 per cent) and AI (59 per cent) are the three digital technologies most utilised by healthcare firms currently,” Infosys said in its report titled ‘Digital Outlook for Healthcare and Life Sciences Industry.’ 

The survey had included companies from seven countries across the world, including India, however, Infosys did not name any other countries and firms that took part in it. 

The motive of the study was not just to identify the technology trends in healthcare and life sciences industries, but also to understand how it improved their operations, Infosys said in the report. “Big Data will transform the way healthcare industry monitors and treats patients,” the report said, noting many healthcare firms are also investing in Electronic Health Records (EHR) if patients as paper-based medical files are becoming “obsolete.” 

Nearly 76 pc of the life sciences firms that were surveyed considered investing in cyber security over the next three years for protecting patient data. A total of 112 respondents from each of the healthcare and life sciences industries took part in the survey. “Analysts predict by 2019, $75 bn (Rs 4.88 lakh-cr) will be spent worldwide on (IT related to remote delivery of healthcare through video conferencing, mobile, e-mail etc,” it said.