Healthcare Organizations Find Technology Efficiencies through Secondary Market (Part 1)
Gains in purchasing power are realized without sacrificing equipment quality and functionality
By Joe Serra
Without question, technology has exploded into the healthcare space – but not just from a clinical point of view. Today’s successful healthcare organizations must also upgrade the operational infrastructure to stay ahead of the competition.
Yet the adoption of technology remains one of the top business issues facing healthcare, with the demand for capital not close behind, according to the Healthcare Information Management and Systems Society’s 2007 Leadership Survey of healthcare CIOs. Both issues outranked the decrease in health insurance benefits and even the availability of clinical staff.
For healthcare organizations faced with tight margins and tighter budgets, keeping pace with rapidly changing technology can lead to difficult decisions. Not surprisingly, survey respondents cited lack of financial support as the No. 1 barrier to improving their technology capabilities – a particularly challenging situation given the prevalence of legacy IT and telecommunications systems in the healthcare space.
