The COVID-19 pandemic continues to emphasize the global health challenges preventing people everywhere from reaching their maximum health and wellness potential. As we know, many of those health challenges existed long before the pandemic began. At the same time, countless health technology solutions meant to alleviate such challenges continue to evolve—but don’t always meet each mark, hindering quality of care and outcomes.
With so many tech solutions promising improved outcomes and more innovative care delivery, why are healthcare organizations struggling to find the value of the technologies they’re implementing? What are the most valuable technologies and solutions being utilized during the COVID-19 pandemic and why? Though we have much to celebrate with all the life-saving technologies available, we also have a lot of work to do to make these solutions sustainable and worthwhile—especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.
A survey conducted by Forrester and contributed to by HIMSS membership unveiled insights about the effectiveness of health technology in helping fight the pandemic. What we learned was many of these life-changing technologies are impacting people for the better, but almost all of them need work to become truly transformative.
Read more: https://www.himss.org/resources/covid-19-health-technology-what-works-what-needs-work
