What Healthcare IT Leaders Need to Know About Digital Transformation

Digital transformation in healthcare—the integration of digital technology into all areas of a healthcare practice—has a significant impact on how these organizations operate and deliver value to patients. It’s also not a simple task.

Especially in 2021.

Cybersecurity has become a critical challenge to digital transformation success, with 70 percent of healthcare organizations experiencing a significant security incident last year according to the HIMSS 2020 Cybersecurity Survey. Telehealth and remote work requirements accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic have posed additional challenges.

For many healthcare organizations, technology can feel more like a burden than a benefit. Their focus is caring for patients, and technology simply needs to serve that purpose. Healthcare digital transformation can be the solution—if it’s done right.

MTS CEO Mona Abutaleb is in the news again with an article in TDWI (Transforming Data with Intelligence). In it, she discusses the realities of digital transformation’s opportunities and challenges, including what the cloud can (and can’t) do, where telemedicine begins and ends, how technology connects to quality of care, and the importance of putting security first.

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