3 Top Questions about Digital Transformation in Healthcare Answered
What is the key to driving digital innovation with data analytics—and where should healthcare leaders begin?
What is the key to driving digital innovation with data analytics—and where should healthcare leaders begin?
Pharma and life sciences companies are placing big bets on digital innovation. Research by Gartner shows 85% to 90% of these companies expect digital transformation to advance performance, while 75% design digital technology platform teams with revenue-generating programs in mind.
The business case for moving healthcare operations to the cloud is compelling. As artificial intelligence, machine learning, robotic process automation, and other innovations take hold in healthcare, the cloud offers virtually unlimited capacity to leverage these resource-intensive applications.
More than 60% of healthcare IT leaders say a key part of their organization’s digital transformation consists of transitioning their business operations to the cloud, according to a recent survey by Healthcare Triangle (HCTI).
By 2025, experts expect the healthcare cloud computing market to reach $64.7 billion as organizations seek to improve operational and clinical efficiencies. The business case for moving to the cloud is clear. To achieve digital transformation—which involves automation—the cloud is the best place to implement artificial intelligence, machine learning, robotic process automation, and more.
In October 2021, a ransomware attack compromised the insurance, diagnosis, treatment and other protected health information (PHI) of some 400,000 patients of a women’s health clinic in Los Angeles. The same month, hackers broke into the computer systems of a Florida-based healthcare network, compromising the PHI of some 1.3 million members.