Lessons Learned When Physicians Disrupt Health Care From The Inside

The healthcare industry continues to undergo rapid changes, putting increasing pressure on healthcare organizations to embrace innovative and agile methodologies in order to improve the quality of patient care and reduce operational expenses. Healthcare organizations across the world are tasked to support a growing number of clinical and IT applications across the care continuum with fewer resources. Join us to learn how leading healthcare organizations are using enterprise cloud solutions to accelerate innovation and create a more efficient and productive healthcare environment.

The healthcare industry’s current struggles to reduce costs, improve patient outcomes, and increase access to information are fundamentally transforming the delivery of health services. To help understand how hospitals and health systems are thinking about modernizing their IT and network infrastructure to support digital transformation, HIMSS Media and Juniper Networks recently conducted a joint survey among IT decision makers at U.S. healthcare providers.

With the surge in EMR usage, keyboards and PCs are used widely in clinical care settings. But unlike medical equipment and high-touch environmental surfaces, these IT devices are rarely subject to infection prevention standards. Studies have demonstrated that over 80% of these devices might have significant microbial contamination which may include nosocomial pathogens like vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus species (VRE). Coupled with low (40%) compliance with the CDC's guidelines on hand hygiene, these ubiquitous computers and keyboards can lead to cross-contamination of patients.

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