HealthIT Answers January 14, 2026
Philip Wickline

For all of the technological advancements that have unfolded in healthcare over the past several years, one relic of the past still seems to sum up today’s patient experience.

The clipboard.

It’s a potent symbol of just how much responsibility and redundancy healthcare providers continue to thrust onto patients when it comes to gathering and sharing data.

And it highlights one of the biggest issues in healthcare today: While a lot of data is available, very little of it is being used to directly improve patient care.

Think about it. Pharmaceutical companies, research organizations, and doctors themselves all use data to develop, study, or test new treatments. But for the patient at the point of care, it’s the same old...

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