March 24, 2022
It is no longer enough for physicians and other healthcare providers to rely upon their hard-won clinical expertise and experience in delivering care: information technology and data analytics capabilities are indispensable to modern healthcare delivery. This means providers can only engage in meaningful quality-of-care analytics, population health delivery, and value-based payment with a full suite of informatics.
That is easier said than done, however. Information technology selection, purchase, and implementation within clinical practice is expensive, time-consuming, and requires operational and technical focus.
In this session, Panelists with expertise across all stages of Health IT contracting and implementation discussed:
- The policy and market drivers propelling this change and projected actions on the regulatory and industry horizon
- How not all systems are created equal, and why you cannot rely exclusively on demos and marketing materials when evaluating technology solutions
- What common issues should providers consider when contracting for a platform (and best practices for navigating the contract negotiation)
- Best practices for implementing technology solutions within clinical practices and how to evaluate and optimize organizational readiness
- Why this shift requires providers to expand internal capacity in IT, cybersecurity, and compliance