Global EHR use could save $78B
EHRs could save the global healthcare industry as much as $78 billion over the next five years.
Juniper Research says that EHRs are the supporting infrastructure for a wide range of digital healthcare and mobile health projects. "Advanced EHRs will provide the ‘glue' to bring together the devices, stakeholders and medical records in the future connected healthcare environment," wrote Anthony Cox, Juniper associate analyst and author of the report. Cox also noted that healthcare workers have become significantly more engaged in digital healthcare in the last 18 months.
Positive developments, however, are being offset by the lack of randomized controlled mHealth trials and the diverse nature of the global healthcare industry, according to the report, which means digital healthcare approaches often require buy-in from a large number of stakeholders and have to be tailored for each geographical region, Cox explained.
The digital healthcare sector, he wrote, will grow because regulatory authorities are embracing the role of digital healthcare and imposing less stringent regulatory obligations on digital healthcare companies. And, the involvement of tech giants such as Apple and Samsung also is driving technologically advanced healthcare.
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