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Transforming Health IT: 5 Tips for Modernization

At a recent executive roundtable, health IT leaders from government and industry discussed what they have learned over the past year — and what still needs to change as they embark on future health IT initiatives.

The COVID-19 pandemic has been a catalyst for change in health IT.

In March 2020, when much of the world shut down because of concerns about the spread of the virus, many providers and clinicians transitioned to telehealth services. The pandemic also underscored the need to move existing processes to the cloud.

Now that many Americans are vaccinated and life is returning to normal, health IT leaders are realizing the industry urgently needed IT modernization — and the pandemic accelerated that transformation.

At a recent executive roundtable, hosted by GovExec and underwritten by National Government Services, health IT leaders from government and industry came together to discuss what they have learned over the past year — and what still needs to change as they embark on future health initiatives. Click on the article below and find out what they had to say. 

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