HealthsystemCIO.com January 2, 2025
The 2024 Penn Medicine Information Services (IS) Benefits Realization Report – highlighting 48 projects completed during fiscal years 2022 and 2023 – illustrates how health system IT departments can show what they’re bringing to the table.
The report’s emphasis on operational efficiency and financial impact is relevant for IT executives dealing with today’s shrinking budgets and margins. It outlines a 13-year evolution in Penn Medicine’s Information Services approach. Early efforts focused on standardizing EHRs and integrating clinical and research data. Such foundational steps enabled subsequent phases, including the adoption of precision medicine and AI, it stated.
“Technology is no longer just a tool but a backbone to providing healthcare,” the report states. The move toward AI and data-driven care has...