Current Forces Shaping the Technological Landscape

• New health outcomes-based payment and delivery models, which require new capabilities anchored by technology
• Increased consumer expectations for transparency of cost and quality-of-care information; expanded choice and convenience of healthcare locations; and digitally based means to manage their personal health and care
• Continued regulatory changes that introduce rules that must be followed, with technology often a part of keeping up with such rules
• An aging population and a more complex and diverse patient pool, whose needs can be met through leveraging technology to accomplish more with fewer providers
• Increased threats to data security

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Source: Shaikh, M., and Amiot, M.: “The Next Generation of Health HIT Spend: Where Should Health Systems Invest?” West Monroe Signature Research, 2017.