Fierce Health Technology January 4, 2021
In an environment where financial margins are increasingly strained, hospitals and health systems can no longer ignore the $800 billion problem caused by inefficient administrative workflows. Almost all of today’s healthcare workflows have been built around electronic health records (EHRs), which serve as phenomenal systems of record but have struggled to evolve into effective systems of engagement.
Because of this, many providers and staff spend more time inside the EHR than on direct patient care. Even more challenging is that due to lagging support for interoperability, providers have struggled to surface EHR data into applications that make provider and patient workflows more efficient.
Healthcare leaders looking to address these administrative inefficiencies have three paths to choose from: Buy new...