Patients leaning toward outpatient facilities, technology

Hospital systems have begun to shift more capital spending to outpatient facilities to provide more cost-effective and convenient settings for consumers


Hospital systems need access points in the community that offer convenient care at what is normally a fraction of the cost of going to the hospital, according to an articleon the Modern Healthcare website.
 
This trend also means more investing in information technology.
 
Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente spends one-quarter of its $3.8 billion capital budget on information technology.
 
More than half of the 100 million patient encounters that Kaiser Permanente clinicians have are now virtual visits through telemedicine or other electronic means.
 
 
 
 


June 2, 2017


Topic Area: Industry News , Information Technology

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