While senior care is often behind healthcare generally when it comes to technology adoption, the industry’s interest in artificial intelligence was evident at the LeadingAge Annual Meeting in Nashville, Tenn. Sessions that focused on AI were full, with many attendees having to stand, as senior care leaders consider if or how they should implement AI into their organizations.
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The cloud can provide many benefits to healthcare organizations, including resiliency, scalability and flexibility. However, capitalizing on the promises of the cloud requires that IT and organizational leadership approach migration from a cloud-smart rather than cloud-first perspective.
Taking a lift-and-shift approach to the cloud is likely to leave organizations unsatisfied with higher-than-expected costs. A smart cloud strategy involves optimizing the...
Hospitals and health systems continue to face significant increases in the cost of care, with more than half of hospitals operating at a financial loss in recent years, according to the American Hospital Association. As healthcare organizations move workloads to the cloud, FinOps — a portmanteau of finance and DevOps — can help them manage costs and optimize cloud investments for...
Healthcare is traditionally thought of as an industry that lags decades behind others when it comes to technology adoption, but that perspective may soon be outdated.
In recent years, some healthcare organizations have dedicated more of their budgets to fostering operational transformation. A September 2024 Bain & Co. brief found that 75% of responding payers and providers have increased IT...
