Becker's Healthcare August 9, 2021
COVID-19 has accelerated healthcare innovation, but tech adoption is still lagging behind several industries, according to an Aug. 9 Google Cloud report.
Six notes:
- Nine in 10 physicians said they currently use telehealth, compared to just 32 percent pre-pandemic.
- More than half (62 percent) of physicians said the pandemic forced their healthcare organization to make tech upgrades that would normally have taken several years.
- Nearly half (48 percent) of physicians would like to have access to telehealth capabilities in the next five years.
- Most physicians (64 percent) said the healthcare industry lags...