As health care organizations grapple with responding to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and adapting their operations to continue to fulfill other aspects of their care mission, they must also begin to define and prepare for the future of care amid economic, regulatory, and social uncertainties. What might the post-Covid-19 landscape look like? How can health systems address a range of possible challenges? What are the opportunities to revolutionize care?
What the Pandemic Means for Health Care’s Digital Transformation
Three key priorities identified by leading CIOs.
December 04, 2020
Summary.
At a roundtable, chief information officers from leading health systems agreed that digital technologies must play an important role in meeting the challenges of the post-pandemic world. Because virtual care is now part of the new normal, health systems must construct a stronger support infrastructure that includes organizational, financial, and clinical structures and processes. They will have to step up their investments in digital health capabilities to cope with a tougher financial environment. And they should review how best to quickly and efficiently identify and conduct experiments with new digital health technologies.
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