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Infrastructure limitations emerge as strategic barrier to implementing advanced technologies.

Tomoka Eye Associates is a thriving Florida ophthalmology practice with three offices and a surgery center. With a mostly senior patient base of 100,000, Tomoka depends heavily on its call center to connect patients with live operators for triage. However, their Internet infrastructure couldn’t handle large EMR files to meet the 2014 federal mandate. Software buffering was slow enough to keep doctors from entering patient notes and the billing department from operating efficiently. Tomoka CEO Bill Watson made the decision to partner with Spectrum Enterprise to help accelerate connection speed and improve efficiency.

Healthcare practices are facing more IT infrastructure challenges than ever in the years ahead. As telehealth grows in popularity and other new cloud applications and connected devices are added to networks, IT systems can become more vulnerable to cyberthreats. And, because of budget constraints stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic, many practices are already facing IT skills gaps and limited personnel to face these challenges. Spectrum Enterprise can help you modernize your practice’s network with solutions that enhance network capabilities and offer efficient management.

As healthcare practices face the challenges of assigning more technical resources to telehealth and other digital care needs, managing the complexity of network infrastructure becomes more important. Healthcare organizations must find new ways to keep their networks running and optimized even while IT resources are limited. Partners like Spectrum can help practices of any size simplify network management while controlling costs.

Healthcare organizations were forced to quickly adopt telehealth because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and analysts anticipate that telemedicine visits will grow even more over the next few years. Healthcare organizations should also be prepared to provide other digital health services such as mobile health, remote patient monitoring and Internet of Things (IoT) smart devices. Finding the right network service provider will be vital to keeping up with this new demand for digital care, and HIMSS Certified partners like Spectrum are uniquely qualified to provide guidance and best practices.

Receiving high-quality healthcare increasingly requires fast and easy digital access to records, care networks, and physicians themselves. In rural communities with fewer facilities and inconsistent broadband, getting that access can be more difficult. Learn how providers can meet the connectivity challenges facing them and their patients.

COVID-19 did not create new trends in healthcare delivery but accelerated existing ones, particularly to telehealth. Efforts were made to increase telecommunication services to improve telehealth care, while pre-existing obstacles, specifically for facilities in remote areas, remained an issue. Learn what’s been done to enhance connectivity, and why it’s vital.

COVID-19 has added momentum to a wave of innovation already building within health IT. The pandemic has also increased the need for strong infrastructure to support these new technologies.

According to new research from HIMSS about innovation, U.S. hospitals are most widely prioritizing initiatives to drive operational, procedural and financial efficiencies, as well as enhance the patient experience. To fully realize these aspirations requires a coordinated mix of people, processes, technology and partners. In this second part of the "Anatomy of Innovation" research series, conducted by HIMSS Media in partnership with Spectrum Enterprise, we will discuss how health systems can optimize their digital infrastructure to advance innovation in healthcare.

Recent research from HIMSS shows that when it comes to innovation, U.S. hospitals most widely prioritize initiatives to drive operational, process, and financial efficiencies and enhance the patient experience. Getting there requires the right mix of people, processes, technology, and partners. In this session, part of a three-part series on the “Anatomy of Innovation” research sponsored by Spectrum Enterprise, Janet King, Senior Director of Market Insights and Frank Cutitta, Senior Director, Content Marketing both for HIMSS media, will draw on new research that explores the role of the IT decision maker today and discuss how health systems can best align their IT agenda and workflow priorities to advance digital health innovation.