Fact Based List:

Area That IT Can Most Impact Patient Care According to HIT Professionals

  1. Improving Quality Outcomes - 31%
  2. Reducing Medical Errors - 25%
  3. Standardizing Clinical Care - 12%
  4. Supporting Staff Productivity - 8%
  5. Sharing Information Externally - 7%
  6. Enabling Remote Access of Data - 5%
  7. Providing Competitive Advantage - 4%
  8. Providing Remote Monitoring of Patieints - 3%
  9. Improving Patient Access to Information - 2%
  10. Ensuring that Data is Secure/Private - 1%

Source: 24th Annual HIMSS Leadership Survey
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