How Technology is Bridging the Gaps in Healthcare
JOHN LYNN Founder and Chief Editor at Healthcare IT Today | Twitter:@healthcarescene
Technology has bridged the communication gap between patient and provider. Even the senior population has proven that they can use technology as part of their care. Prior to the technology we have today, we had to do episodic visits in the o ice. Technology is turning that paradigm on its head as care for a patient, collecting patients' health info, and influencing a patient can happen 24/7 and not just in episodic visits to the clinic. The other advantage of technology is that it can scale to the problem. We don't have enough clinical professionals to be able to monitor all patients constantly. However, technology can
scale to that problem and escalate patients to humans as human intervention is necessary. Without technology, we couldn't even consider this type of approach to care. Technology may also be able to fill the data gaps in healthcare records—but first comes the need to broach the trust gap between payers and providers. If these two groups were to combine their data to accelerate patient understanding, it could have an unprecedented impact on population health. After all, the core of tracking and impacting a patient is based on the data. Without the data, you can't improve the health of a population.
Technology may also be able to fill the data gaps … between payers and providers. If these two groups were to combine
their data to accelerate patient understanding, it
could have an unprecedented impact on population health."
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John Lynn is a recognized healthcare technology thought leader. He regularly shares his insights in Healthcare IT Today, an online publication that provides Healthcare and Health IT commentary and answers the unasked questions about current healthcare trends.
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