Hospitals are so very important to our lives, but they are under a lot of stress as well.
The hospital services industry is growing dramatically. In fact, the hospital services market is estimated to reach 16.45 trillion by 2027, and increase of almost 5 trillion from 2022.
With this rapid growth and change also comes a lot of pressure. As hospitals, clinics, and labs struggle to meet these constant and ever-changing challenges, Managed IT can help.
5 Challenges Faced by Healthcare and Hospital Services
Here are just some of the challenges faced by healthcare organizations and hospital services:
1. More patients, less staff
Since the COVID-19 pandemic started, hospitals and healthcare organizations have been put under tremendous stress. Unfortunately, two years later and that stress may not be as acute, but it’s not letting up in the long term. While hospitals might not be overflowing with ventilator patients, an excess number of healthcare issues are cropping up in the populace, while hospitals are now often short-staffed.
2. Health care costs are rising
No matter what anybody does to try to solve the healthcare cost problem, it doesn’t seem to help in the long run. Healthcare costs continue to rise, putting pressure on hospitals to try to find that balance between providing care to patients and paying for it. This also impacts the ability of hospitals and healthcare organizations to attract much needed workers, especially nurses, when budgets are tight.
3. Pandemics will continue to be a problem
Despite efforts to completely diminish COVID-19 from the healthcare landscape, it looks like COVID is here to stay. Additionally, other new epidemics and potential pandemics are rearing their ugly heads, such as monkeypox and other infectious diseases. Hospitals will need to remain limber and ready to go for the next big health care crisis.
4. The populace is aging
Now that the baby boomers are in retirement and enjoying their golden years, healthcare infrastructure is needing to respond to the needs of this elderly population.
5. Hospitals are vulnerable to cyberattacks
Cybersecurity is a major issue for the hospital services industry today. Cyberattacks are on the rise in every single sector. Hospitals are a unique and attractive target for hackers, who might be able to gain valuable patient information as well as hijack computers to demand monetary payment via ransomware. Furthermore, hostile state actors could potentially target hospitals as a way to hurt the populace. So hospitals need to be prepared with the best cybersecurity available.
How Managed IT Can Help the Hospital Services Industry
With such major challenges faced by healthcare organizations and the hospital services industry, beefing up technology infrastructure is critical. Fortunately, a Managed IT services provider such as Blue Technologies can make a huge difference.
Managed IT services can supplement your internal IT team or serve as your main IT team for your hospital or clinic. Because healthcare facilities often have strict budgets, it makes sense to work with a Managed IT team to level out your technology costs. With Managed IT, your costs will be more predictable and easier to budget.
Managed IT can also help with HIPAA compliance, particularly when it comes to securing clinical records and patient documents. Blue Technologies recommends leaving behind inefficient paper systems and instituting a comprehensive technology infrastructure to help your health care operation save money while maximizing efficiency and bettering security.
Managed IT for Healthcare Clinics, Labs, and Hospital Services
Blue Technologies and help your healthcare organization or hospital services business navigate the constantly changing landscape of today through our high-quality Managed IT services. We consider ourselves to be a total office technology provider, meaning we can help you on many and all levels to ensure that your technology is running smoothly. This includes your internal networks as well as your printers, documents, and files.
We start with a comprehensive evaluation of your health organization’s processes and systems in order to determine areas for improvement. Particularly, we are looking for threats to your information security as well as preventable waste. Once this initial assessment is done, we will custom engineer a solution designed to meet your facility-specific needs. We will then install and maintain this new system for you, offering the best in customer service.
Healthcare is challenging enough without having to worry about the integrity of your IT systems. Fortunately, Blue Technologies can help with Managed IT. Contact a Blue Technologies consultant to schedule a comprehensive IT assessment today.
