Health Care Reform and IT
One of initiatives contained in the newly passed healthcare reform bill is the move towards electronic health records. This will obviously have a tremendous impact on data management by IT departments everywhere. This article discusses some of the changes that we can expect after the "deluge of data."
"As the impact of the new law works its way through the healthcare system, Mark Bowker, analyst at Enterprise Strategy Group, said he expects to see more data center consolidation, greater challenges around database management and an uptick in desktop virtualization adoption.
Earlier this year, an ESG report found that the total 2010 healthcare IT spend will increase by 67 percent compared with last year. There also will be a 50 percent increase in new IT staff positions in 2010, ESG said."
The bill also contains potential IT opportunities in a number of other areas.
