Healthcare Innovation April 8, 2021
Two industry leaders reveal lessons learned from the past year as it relates to adopting new technology and the challenges that come with it
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought innovation in healthcare to the forefront through the industry’s effort to rapidly expand telehealth services, reminding many health systems of a key lesson: information technology (IT) has a catalytic role to play, but not necessarily as the protagonist in the play. Instead, IT should be a key facilitator bringing clinical and operational leadership together to identify the right “business” problems that need to be solved and the various alternatives to solving them.
During a recent interview, Steve Shirley, vice president of information technology and CIO at the Pueblo, Col.-based v...