The healthcare industry is facing significant pressures, with rising costs impacting both providers and patients. However, many experts believe that digital health technologies can help hospitals and health systems cope with these challenges.
Digital health has the potential to lower costs and bridge the divide between healthcare providers and patients. Different patient demographics are responding differently to the increasing healthcare costs and the digital transformation of the industry.
Thom Bales, U.S. Health Services Advisory Leader at PwC, also known as PricewaterhouseCoopers, discusses the role of digital health in addressing these concerns in this week’s HIMSSCast.
Key talking points include:
– The top challenges in healthcare and the factors driving up costs for providers and patients.
– Advancements in care delivery that are helping to alleviate inflationary pressures.
– The impact of digital health on lowering costs and improving access to care for both providers and patients.
– The varying responses of different patient demographics to rising healthcare costs and digital transformation.
– Strategies for health systems to address the diverse needs of patients through digital health solutions.
Further information on this topic includes:
– Understanding the concepts of ‘digital transformation’ and ‘digital health’.
– The increasing adoption of digital health tools by physicians, as shown by AMA research.
– Efforts by companies to expand access to digital health services.
– Planning for the future of digital health and IT leadership in healthcare.
– Managing economic and workforce challenges through IT and digital health tools.
– The importance of incorporating end users’ input in creating successful digital health solutions.
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