Op-ed: Healthcare lags behind banks, hotels in IT

Cara Livernois | | Health Exec | EMR/EHR

Medical technology has evolved leaps and bounds in recent years, but obstales remain in healthcare's hardnessing of information technology. In a recent report in Forbes, the current methods of data collection and analyzation are a decade behind what hotels and banks are using.

Richard Bakalar, MD, and Ashraf Shehata, of KPMG, argue the collection of data in treating patients has remained in the Stone Age, of sorts. Difficulties in uptake has led to obstacles for clinicians to providing giving quality care. For example, electronic health records (EHRs), meant to cut appointment times, are now taking up as much time as providing actual care.

Read the full article by clicking the link below:

Health Care's Surprising Gap In Information Tech

""
Cara Livernois, News Writer

Cara joined TriMed Media in 2016 and is currently a Senior Writer for Clinical Innovation & Technology. Originating from Detroit, Michigan, she holds a Bachelors in Health Communications from Grand Valley State University.

Related Content

Private equity-backed cardiology group puts cloud-based technology in hands of its cardiologists
AI helps cardiologists deliver personalized healthcare—but there is still plenty of work to do
Indiana hospitals reduce nuisance alerts by 77% with medication decision support software
Leveraging machine learning to rapidly create clinical AI algorithms
How medication reconciliation data consolidation in the EHR enables better patient care
How are the best in KLAS Health IT vendor rankings created?

Around the web

Cardiovascular Business
Q&A: MedAxiom CEO explores key trends in cardiologist, cardiovascular surgeon compensation

Compensation for heart specialists continues to climb. What does this say about cardiology as a whole? Could private equity's rising influence bring about change? We spoke to MedAxiom CEO Jerry Blackwell, MD, MBA, a veteran cardiologist himself, to learn more.

Cardiovascular Business
Payment cuts and beyond: Key takeaways for cardiologists from the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule

The American College of Cardiology has shared its perspective on new CMS payment policies, highlighting revenue concerns while providing key details for cardiologists and other cardiology professionals. 

AI in Healthcare
A modest proposal to rally AI regulators around a simple game plan

As debate simmers over how best to regulate AI, experts continue to offer guidance on where to start, how to proceed and what to emphasize. A new resource models its recommendations on what its authors call the “SETO Loop.”