How to kickstart healthcare digital transformation

Challenges like healthcare worker burnout and turnover are contributing the estimated shortage of 10 million healthcare workers worldwide by 2030. For 83% of healthcare leaders, improved staff satisfaction is a strategic priority for automation programs. Digitalization will be key to overcoming these issues and more, including worsening mental health and well-being, budgetary issues, and insufficient patient care. COVID-19 accelerated digital transformation across verticals, including healthcare . This was critical to delivering healthcare to patients who could not leave their homes due to various lockdown restrictions, forcing patients and clinicians to become more accepting of telemedicine. Now that the pandemic is winding down, digital transformation has proven that it is here to stay. While most health executives recognize the long-term benefits of digital transformation, many struggle with how to get started while under immense resource strain. For example, while the UK and Scandinavian countries are using digitization to help with margin pressures , the US and Australia are letting such pressures curtail the adoption of new technologies . How can digitalization help organizations overcome resource challenges? Around the world, patients are struggling to meet their care needs due to a system that is at overcapacity. In the UK, for instance, […]

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