Healthcare Information Revolution
History is punctuated by social and cultural transformations triggered by the invention of breakthrough technologies. Today's society is in the midst of a so-called "Information Revolution," related to exponential advances in computing and networking power, and resulting in an explosion of information that is transforming our ideas regarding knowledge and communication. The Information Revolution's equivalent of manual labor is cognitive processing, and the ways in which man interacts with computer "machines" is rapidly evolving, just as happened with engines and factories a century ago.
Like all industries and professions, medical practice and the healthcare marketplace are entering into their own Information Revolution metamorphoses, with game-changing effects. In fact, from a broader perspective the healthcare system is facing a sort of "perfect storm" of change, with a multitude of forces converging to redefine patient and clinician roles, responsibilities and incentives, as well as create new information markets.
We view our generation's technology-induced transformation as an agent for harnessing the advances in informing power to shift to a new medical era. The potential to architect a healthcare world in which networked technologies and advanced informatics systems help clinicians engage and activate patients, prescribe based on personalized, evidence-based predictions, measure, manage and improve clinical performance, and power more productive, effective services is a real, attainable goal and the strategic objective behind the sciences of our organization.
History is punctuated by social and cultural transformations triggered by the invention of breakthrough technologies. Today's society is in the midst of a so-called "Information Revolution," related to exponential advances in computing and networking power, and resulting in an explosion of information that is transforming our ideas regarding knowledge and communication. The Information Revolution's equivalent of manual labor is cognitive processing, and the ways in which man interacts with computer "machines" is rapidly evolving, just as happened with engines and factories a century ago.
Like all industries and professions, medical practice and the healthcare marketplace are entering into their own Information Revolution metamorphoses, with game-changing effects. In fact, from a broader perspective the healthcare system is facing a sort of "perfect storm" of change, with a multitude of forces converging to redefine patient and clinician roles, responsibilities and incentives, as well as create new information markets.
We view our generation's technology-induced transformation as an agent for harnessing the advances in informing power to shift to a new medical era. The potential to architect a healthcare world in which networked technologies and advanced informatics systems help clinicians engage and activate patients, prescribe based on personalized, evidence-based predictions, measure, manage and improve clinical performance, and power more productive, effective services is a real, attainable goal and the strategic objective behind the sciences of our organization.
