Digital Transformation of Healthcare Is Accelerating – Whether We're Ready or Not
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The digital transformation of healthcare has made significant progress and has accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic, a pair of prominent panelists agreed at a Monday session at the 2022 convention of the Health Information Management and Systems Society (HIMSS), now underway in Orlando, Florida. However, the "scaffolding" that was hastily erected to implement the new technologies during the pandemic needs considerable work
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@nusrat which new technologies are ready for prime time vs limitations and resistance to adoption. To continue the progress made thus far the healthcare system must continue to move toward value-based care, and there must be incentives for health plans and healthcare providers to use the new technologies more effectively.