Becker's Healthcare August 6, 2020
Health IT investment is still important, despite the new financial realities for health systems that lost millions or billions of dollars during the pandemic.
Jefferson Health Executive Vice President and CIO Nassar Nizami expects his system to emphasize EHR expansion and digital health capabilities to meet the needs of patients in the future.
Question: Where do you see the biggest need for IT investment today?
Nassar Nizami: Our biggest investment to date in is in the area of the EHR; we are standardizing to one electronic medical record system. We decided to move forward with our largest go-live with five hospitals that covers 1,200 beds over eight months. The new investment will be an exploration in digital health and transformation....