Penguin Location Services at HIMSS 2019: Advancing Healthcare Digital Transformation
Penguin Location Services was happy to attend this year’s HIMSS. With more than 42,000 professionals attending HIMSS 19, it was great to see that companies from around the world came to provide better healthcare products and solutions. Moreover, the focus of the event was to advance the safety, efficiency and quality of care, digitization of healthcare, use of Artificial Intelligence and AI in healthcare applications, interoperability, data protection, and IT security.
HIMSS 2019 Opening Keynote: Healthcare Renaissance
The president & CEO of HIMSS, Hal Wolf, started the event with a keynote speech stating “Now more than ever, healthcare needs a renaissance”. Additionally, one can understand Mr Wolf’s comment, in light of the fact that healthcare global market is expected to grow to $158 billion by 2022. Consequently, this would generate a massive opportunity for healthcare organizations to deliver the vast infrastructure required to deliver Healthcare digitization.
Key Themes at HIMSS: Patient Engagement and Experience
A lot of emphasis was directed at healthcare providers needing to invest in the tools and technologies necessary to better engage patients and enhance patient experience. Furthermore, these include:
- Wayfinding and hospital wayfinding systems for patient navigation
- Reducing perceived wait times
- Recognizing Donors
- Moreover, promoting hospital services
- Generating revenue with advertising
- Additionally, staff communications

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Patients have higher expectations of the healthcare system and the technology that enables them to be consumers. Consequently, this further raises their expectations. In particular, patients now expect healthcare providers to offer the same kind of high-quality, personalized digital services they experience in their lives as consumers elsewhere.
Penguin’s Solutions Showcased at HIMSS
Penguin Location Services addresses significant parts and key aspects of the patient experience. Specifically, some of the use cases and healthcare applications that Penguin offers, including hospital wayfinding systems and AI in healthcare solutions, can add real value and measurable benefits for better operational efficiency.
Furthermore, these solutions support healthcare operational excellence at the healthcare premises and medical facilities. As a result, this helps further the healthcare digitization and digital health transformation.
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