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Healthcare Assignment | IT Value Proposition

   

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Running head: HEALTHCARE IT VALUE PROPOSITIONHealthcare IT value preposition Name of the StudentName of the UniversityAuthor note

1HEALTHCARE IT VALUE PROPOSITIONDespite of the enormous investments made in IT by healthcare system, there areproblems that hinder healthcare to adapt to various technologies. Numerous wearable devices areused by healthcare system like sensors, wristbands, smart clothes and headsets transiting hugeamounts of data from blood pressure and heart rhythms. However, there is less evidence thatwearing those bands can actually overcome elevated BP or abnormal heart rhythms as comparedto people who do not use them (Tayntor, 2016). This shows that IT technologies do not addressthe real issues or problems faced by physicians. Monetization is another problem that withhold healthcare to make IT investments. Inhealthcare, it is difficult to pay for the technologies like portable computation and mobilecommunication in the form of handheld devices that is capable of running third-party software.The current healthcare system is fee-for-service model and need to move to pay-for-value as thispayment model financially rewards hospitals and doctors for cost of services and volume ratherthan quality of outcomes they are intended to achieve (Patel & Kannampallil, 2014). Another problem is that physicians are reluctant to disclose medical information to thepatients. However, with electronic health records (EHRs) patients assert their rights to access totheir own health information posing a physical barrier between doctors and patients. Physicianswant to use more user-friendly tablets that are mobile and easy to enter and access data. Dataentry becomes tiresome for physicians rather than paper that may give rise to a situation wherethere is leaving or skipping of major clinical details (Delil et al., 2017). Technologies likemacros or smart lists are required with alerts that help to reduce medical errors. ‘Time lag’ is another factor that affect IT investments in healthcare where effect that isobserved may be immediate, late or near term. In this context, there is need for empirical

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