Dear Clients and Friends,
Welcome to our June issue of H.I.T. Greatest Hits.
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Our industry is in the process of migrating from the “mainframe” era of healthcare to the “personal computing” phase where the accessibility of technology spreads from a privileged few to the many.
We still have a long way to go to reach the “web” era in healthcare. The journey has just begun but the change is coming faster than some might imagine. We can already see the promise of new technologies, including precision diagnostics (covered in more detail in this newsletter) and personalized medicine in improving care. Perhaps someday they will even become SaaS-based businesses. We can also envision a time when machines will automate much of the clinical work presently performed by doctors and nurses. Ultimately, these advancements will go a long way in bending the cost curve in healthcare.
One thing we are certain about is the continuing role that the HIT sector will play in bringing together the advances in algorithm science, extreme analytics, clinical discoveries, computing infrastructure, etc., into integrated solutions. We are confident that the HIT industry can deliver on that promise.
The migration from mainframe to the web took us 50 years. This time around the pace of change will be much quicker and the stakes equally as high.