Healthcare has traditionally lagged behind other industries in adopting and utilizing technology. Despite a slow start, leading healthcare organizations today are finding innovative ways to improve patient outcomes, streamline operations, and provide better care with a wide range of practice management and other cloud-based health information technology (health IT). Some of the most widely used health IT programs and platforms include: Electronic health records (EHRs): 86% of … [Read more...]
4 IT Trends That Will Shape the Future of Healthcare
One of the distinctive aspects of the current pandemic is that it has forced everyone to look very carefully at their healthcare systems. Innovation in medical fields, and their associated IT and technology advances, will benefit people down the road. Here are four healthcare IT trends that will shape the future of the industry. 1. Telehealth – Heading for One Billion Remote Consultations COVID has stimulated the existing market for remote medical consultations. From a base of 22 million … [Read more...]
For Healthcare Providers Looking to Save Money, a Telecom Audit Is the Answer
The demand for telehealth is booming because of the COVID-19 pandemic. In the U.S., 24% of hospitals have now adopted virtual care programs as citizens are showing a preference for remote care rather than going to hospitals. For many healthcare organizations, the rush to implement telecom and IT services to support telehealth was necessary; but it created new expenses that now need to be controlled. The need for telehealth services won’t be going away anytime soon, but hospitals must now … [Read more...]
