Hospitals and healthcare facilities face significant hurdles when it comes to implementing a modern electronic health records (EHR) system. The initial capital investment is just one part of the equation, with a concerted IT effort to execute the implementation and the consistent maintenance and future-proofing of the system further complicating the adoption next-generation of healthcare technology.
EHRs are the backbone of modern medicine, but with increasing strain on the infrastructure both generating and collecting data in healthcare organizations, the onus is on state-of-the-art, open IT architecture to deliver the best experience possible to critical patients.