Health care organizations need to make better use of information technology to “push more information out to the public,” said Richard Umdenstock, the Chicago-based AHA’s president and CEO. In addition, clinicians need better access to data to support their decisions, he said, and better networks are needed to provide access to that data regardless of where a patient is treated.
Making better use of I.T. is as important as such factors as focusing on wellness programs rather than just care of the sick, and providing financial incentives to providers to become more efficient, Umdenstock said in his June 25 keynote speech at the Healthcare Financial Management Association’s Annual National Institute in Las Vegas.
He lamented to the audience of financial officers that applying information technology for clinical purposes has lagged too far behind automation for financial processes.
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