Survey: Healthcare making progress on triple aim
Almost three-quarters (72 percent) of respondents believe that consumer and patient considerations, such as patient engagement, satisfaction and quality of care will have a major impact on their organization’s strategic efforts over the next two years, according to the 26th Annual HIMSS Leadership Survey.
The survey of more than 300 participants, examined key trending issues impacting the business of healthcare including patient considerations, security concerns, insurance models and policy mandates.
IT is considered a highly strategic tool at the organizations of 81 percent of those surveyed and 76 percent noted that their IT plan fully supports their overall business plan. While more than two-thirds of respondents (68 percent) indicated an improvement within the patient health experience, more than half also felt that IT was reducing the cost of healthcare (53 percent) and improving population health (51 percent).
“This year’s survey showed that more than one-third of participants report that their organization was able to demonstrate improvement in all three areas covered in the Triple Aim as a result of their IT use,” said John H. Daniels, vice president, strategic relations for HIMSS. “These numbers are critical as they prove the continued progress healthcare is making as IT integrates with value-based care strategies and the growing influence of the patient in health encounters. It will be important for providers to capitalize on this momentum to ensure improved patient satisfaction as the sector begins the transition from Stage 2 to Stage 3 of Meaningful Use.”
The leadership survey also indicated that IT is supported from the top down--79 percent of respondents indicated their organization’s executive team is highly supportive of IT and 72 percent of respondents indicated their organization’s board of directors was also on board with IT growth within their organizations.
Seventy-four percent of respondents said that IT is a criticla tool for improving care coordination, 87 percent of respondents stated that their organization provided a patient portal through which patients can access information and almost two-thirds of respondents indicated that their organization would increase their IT operating budget in the next year. In addition, 49 percent indicated that their organization expected to increase the number of IT staff at their organization in the same time frame.
The survey includes responses from 330 individuals. Data was collected between January 9 and February 24.
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