Over a decade after ‘Meaningful Use’ – a program that was supposed to improve quality at the point of patient care – clinicians are still struggling to do their jobs. But is technology becoming the problem? Although the transition to electronic health records (EHR) was meant to make healthcare faster and safer, accessing it (efficiently) has proven to be a major obstacle.

Digital care transformation, the proliferation of disruptive technologies and the changing hybrid workforce have forced the evolution of traditional information technology network boundaries of healthcare organizations. The new landscape has rendered legacy existing perimeter defined and based cybersecurity solutions inadequate to meet increasing regulatory and federal demands for highly secure access management.

Everyone talks about how healthcare is overwhelmed. That’s an understatement. Frankly, healthcare has been under tremendous stress since well before the pandemic. While IT isn’t the only factor inflating pressure, it’s a major contributor. Applications are decentralized and outdated, the fragmented IT environment has proven unsustainable, and change is necessary for digital transformation. But what exactly does that look like?