When healthcare organizations are racing about the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI), cloud processing and other advanced technologies, their basic network infrastructure may not be able to meet the requirements of these tools. The novel Himss market study on the market reveals the scope of this challenge: two in three healthcare leaders gives infrastructure restrictions as the main barrier in achieving the objectives of providing care.1
This discovery emphasizes a critical change in healthcare. The infrastructure must go from the basic function to a strategic factor enabling state-of-the-art health care.
This transformation is clearly perceptible as opposed to the basic and developing technologies of healthcare organization. While 88% of the respondents reported that their infrastructure fully supports electronic medical records, and 78% can handle patient portals, only 18% claims that they are ready to implement AI in the scope of care provision.
“Healthcare organizations currently do not have adequate infrastructure support for where they are guided by the technology of providing care,” said Jill Brewer, Himss Market Insights led by the study. “They will need the right infrastructure to fully support these technologies.”
This reactive approach, however, is unbalanced. “This ultimately hinders making clinical decisions and negatively affects the patient’s experience and the time of care – the opposite of what you want in the care of the patient,” she said.
The study reflects the growing need for strategic partnerships
Research also reveals that strategic partnerships with technology suppliers have become crucial to meet the critical needs of infrastructure. Two -thirds of the organization reports that the problems of the integration of the elderly system and high update costs are the main barriers in the modernization of IT infrastructure, and 70% of security and compliance expression.
“[Healthcare organizations] You want a really nice symbiotic relationship with suppliers so that they can reduce the risk, while being successful with technology and suppliers’ solutions, “noted Brewer. [advanced] Technologies cannot be aware of the full influence of these tools. “
Indeed, the scalability of network infrastructure has become a critical determinant of organizational success, revealing significant system challenges. Almost a third of the organization is struggling with scalability, which indicates the basic mismatch of current architectures and growing requirements. Restrictions of interoperability affecting almost half of the organization suggest universal technology fragmentation. However, he says the most that 60% of respondents have deficiencies of specialist knowledge. This indicates that the technical complexity overtook the development of the working force, creating a gap of human capital, which technology itself cannot solve. These combined problems have transformed infrastructure limitations from technical problems into strategic barriers.
Path to future network infrastructure
The path forward requires a significant transition from reactive to proactive infrastructure management. “[Organizations must] Look at their priority and find the best ways to use their budgets, “said Brewer. This means the assessment of the current infrastructure for future needs while building strategic partnerships that can support sustainable development.
Because health care organizations still accept novel technologies, from artificial intelligence to devices connected to the Internet, the network infrastructure must be able to meet the demand of emerging technologies. Success will depend on building scalable, competent systems that can effectively implement these solutions while maintaining performance and control costs. However, for many organizations this transformation cannot wait; Their future competitiveness depends on this.
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Reference
1. Himss Insights Market. January 2025. [research report]. The research was conducted among the 50 American health care managers and IT leaders/technology (managers and above). Spectrum Business has not been identified as a research sponsor.