HealthsystemCIO.com October 23, 2020
For health systems, the financial impact of Covid-19 has been devastating. The decision made by most to postpone elective procedures had led to losses of millions (or even hundreds of millions) of dollars, and has put IT leaders in the difficult position of having to cut costs.
And while eliminating under-utilized applications may seem like a simple solution, there’s nothing simple about it. In many cases, there are hundreds of applications to go through, and thousands of users whose needs must be considered.
It’s a problem that, unfortunately, isn’t going away anytime soon, particularly as organizations face subsequent waves of the pandemic.
“The financial pressures are going to continue to increase,” said Marc Probst, CIO of Ellkay. Although stimulus funds...