The pressures on health care are great. But many experts believe digital health can help hospitals and health systems cope with these pressures.
There are many challenges in healthcare resulting in rising costs, impacting providers and patients alike. But there are developments in care delivery that help ease inflationary pressures.
Digital health has a role to play in reducing costs and bridging these gaps between service providers as well as patients. Different patient demographics respond differently to rising healthcare costs and digital transformation.
In this week’s HIMSCast, Tom Bales, U.S. Health Services Advisory Leader at PwC, also known as PricewaterhouseCoopers, addresses these concerns and delves into the areas where digital health and its various technologies can help.
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Talking points:
- The most important challenges in the field of health care. What leads to higher costs and what impact it has on providers and patients alike.
- Advances in caregiving help mitigate inflationary pressures.
- The role that digital health plays in reducing costs and bridging these gaps between providers as well as patients.
- How different patient demographics have responded differently to rising healthcare costs and digital transformation.
- How health systems are thinking about meeting the diverse needs of patients through digital health.
More about this episode:
What do “digital transformation” and “digital health” really mean?
AMA research shows that doctors’ adoption of digital health tools is accelerating
One company’s efforts to expand access to digital health
The great digital health reset – and how IT leaders should plan for what’s next
How IT and digital health tools can help manage economic and workforce challenges
Creating successful digital health solutions requires end-user input
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