Mobi le Yet Connected : The Essence of 21 st - Century Healthcare
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Globally, healthcare service delivery faces many challenges that transcend regional and national boundaries. Population growth, increased life expectancy, increasingly stringent regulatory and compliance requirements, and demand for more and better access to quality care are driving up healthcare costs and creating a chronic shortage of skilled professionals. Continuing to deliver healthcare services using 20th-century technology is unsustainable in the 21st century. IT-enabled process improvement is essential to meet the challenges facing the industry. Based on our research and interviews with leading hospitals around the world, Health Industry Insights believes:
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