Access to Care and Digital Health/Health IT – #HITsm Chat Topic

We’re excited to share the topic and questions for this week’s #HITsm chat happening Friday, 7/22 at Noon ET (9 AM PT).  This week’s chat will be hosted by Derek Streat from @dexcare on the topic “Access to Care and Digital Health/Health IT.” The hard truth is – our healthcare system is hardly a system at all. Rather, it is a convoluted assemblage of disconnected and decentralized sectors that struggle to provide a streamlined, coordinated, and connected care experience for all stakeholders. For health systems operating in today’s landscape, it is imperative that these entities create a care experience, both in-person and digitally, that is accessible, high-quality, personalized, and provenly capable of attracting and retaining consumers. The term “access optimization” is popping up more and more, as the Covid-19 pandemic has driven a ‘great awakening’ in the valuable role consumer-facing technologies can play in delivering the kind of care experience consumers expect. Access optimization – or the ability to deliver exceptional patient access that aligns with a health system’s resources and operations – is key to making digital transformation effective and sustainable long-term. It sounds simple enough, but many health systems struggle to achieve this level of operational intelligence, hybrid care, and access. Despite the billions of dollars spent on various point solutions that promise the ability to operate intelligently and foste...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - Category: Information Technology Authors: Tags: #HITsm Administration Communication and Patient Experience Healthcare IT #HITsm Chat #HITsm Topics Access Optimization Derek Streat Digital Health Health IT Health Systems Hybrid Care Source Type: blogs