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Consolidation of IT systems should make them easier to protect but in practice it seems like the net result is any IT problem ends up harming multiple hospitals
by Mountain_Skies 7y ago
Consolidation of IT systems should make them easier to protect but in practice it seems like the net result is any IT problem ends up harming multiple hospitals instead of just one. When the same chain owns multiple hospitals in a single market, all of them having IT problems at the same time is dangerous as the others can't pick up the slack.
- jcims 7y agoIT consolidation only happens when it is prioritized, and in many cases you end up with some hybrid system of bastardized mapping/integration tiers rather than a pristine single environment. Healthcare IT also has the challenge of ridiculous amounts of highly specialized and largely turnkey systems, interop with other hospital and research organizations and of course the ever-present regulatory requirements that must be maintained throughout. Didn't read the article but the headline is absolutely not a surprise.