An overwhelming majority of healthcare providers, including senior living and care providers, are expected to increase their use of digital technologies such as telemedicine and artificial intelligence over the next two years.
Those companies’ desire to increase spending on innovative options, however, is outpacing their actual capacity to install or implement such technologies, a new report states.
Long-term care providers, and healthcare providers overall, have lagged behind other sectors in terms of adopting technologies, although that has changed since the pandemic made digital health solutions a necessity.
One company aiming to help address this infrastructure gap is Strategic Venue Partners, a wireless solutions company that recently announced it has become a member of the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives Foundation.
The organization will be using this new role to help advance digital transformations within the healthcare sector, SVP representatives said.
“At SVP, we recognize the critical role that wireless connectivity plays in catalyzing the healthcare IT advancements that will make a positive impact on patient care,” SVP CEO Justin Marron said in a statement.
The CHIME Foundation is a major supporter of a recently re-introduced bill in the Senate, the CONNECT For Health Act, which would remove telehealth restrictions for Medicare and Medicaid services, including stroke care.
The data on 2023-2024 digital technology growth comes from a recent report published by the International Data Corp.
A majority of clinical IT leaders see digital growth as the most important priority for their organization, whereas 85% of those queried expect their companies to spend more on tech over the next two years, IDC data show.
Administrative tasks such as patient scheduling and clinical documentation were seen as areas that could benefit most from AI and automation, the IDC report indicated. That finding dovetails with other analyses that point to how experts and clinicians view AI’s role in healthcare.
