Health Care Technology Advances
“During the next five years, adoption of IT in the health-care sector is likely to continue at a rapid pace, particularly in the area of integrated clinical systems. Computerized physician order entry, mobile messaging, bar coding, pharmacy systems linked with electronic-medication-administration records, and radio-frequency identification are the technologies likely to experience the greatest focus.”
The article goes on to cover computerized physician order entry, mobile messaging and the health care industry’s renewed interest in bar codes. While the author discounts RFID technology for the near future, his themes are universally pertinent– growth in technology will not equate to growth in productivity unless carefully implemented to compliment workflow and best practices.
