Photo: Weiquan Lin/Getty Images There’s a digital divide occurring in healthcare. This divide can refer to a gap between patient groups that have access to digital health technologies and those that don’t. It can also refer to the growing gap between healthcare organizations that are digitally mature or digitally nascent, and it’s on this last point that Renee Broadbent and her team are attempting to affect change. Broadbent is vice president of information technology at SoNE Health. She will present, along with Chartis Group principal Bret Anderson, a session called "Unlocking Digital Transformation for Equity and Value-Based Care" on Tuesday, March 4, at 2 p.m., in the Venetian, Room 3104 at the HIMSS25 Global Conference in Las Vegas. Broadbent cited the 2024 Digital Health survey indicating that most health systems are playing catch-up to the front-runners when it comes to digital capabilities. And the gap is widening, with 70% of systems still in the experimentation/planning phases. Closing that gap is important not just for health systems, but for the patients as well, said Broadbent. "While it’s important to ensure that patients have equitable access to digital tools like smartphones, broadband connections, etc., it’s also important to ensure that there […]
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