Tom Sullivan
As new digital skillsets continue emerging, healthcare organizations will have new opportunities to invest. But there are also challenges ahead, too.
With algorithms and analytics, first-moving health orgs are reaping alternative payment models to reduce readmissions, incentivize physicians to coordinate care and improve patient satisfaction.
Going beyond the CapEx vs. OpEx debate, experts say the time has come for finance teams to decide what to move to the cloud and what to keep on-site.
Change will now offer customers a hosted service that combines multiple credentialing documents into a single instance.
Industry trade groups like the American Hospital Association and HIMSS are encouraged by his background in innovation and health IT.
Azar previously served as deputy secretary at Health and Human Services under President George W. Bush.
Analysts predict that healthcare organizations will put more emphasis on analytics software in the next five years and spend more and more money to support the projects.
Sanford Health and Montefiore built data warehouses and lakes to leverage IT investments and better support clinicians.
But experts at Monday's National Committee for Quality Assurance event say cutting costs without compromising quality is the hardest part.
American Enterprise Institute scholar says that despite all the attempts to repeal and replace the ACA, value-based care and payment model is the clear path forward.