The EHR imperative: Eliminating outages and combating cyber attacks can help improve patient care

The complexity of healthcare is evident in both the practice of medicine and health information technology (IT). The push from inpatient to outpatient settings and the shift from volume to value-based care adds to this complexity by contributing to market disruption in the form of mergers, acquisitions, and expansions. Healthcare organizations currently face a significant challenge when integrating systems and processes across the care continuum.