Healthcare is struggling to utilize innovative technologies to improve population health, patient experience, outcomes, and data safety because hospitals are slow to adopt. Most hospitals are still trying to make sense of EHRs and have concerns such as interoperability and patient data safety.
The healthcare tech industry is projected to grow by 13.4 percent annually by 2020 and it looks like the top technology companies are noticing the market's potential. Amazon, Google, Apple, and even Microsoft have started to enter the healthcare industry and have the financial resources, technology expertise yet only soft competition.
Let's face it: Current technology companies in the industry will be facing an uphill battle once the giants of the tech world decide to tackle the healthcare and life sciences industries. The Fortune 500 top tech companies have the resources and capabilities to help the industry resolve its problems.
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Source: Health IT Outcomes (View full article)
Posted by Dan Corcoran on November 14, 2017 06:42 AM
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