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Three Focus Areas For Fractional CIOs In Rural Healthcare
Rural hospitals aim to provide access to care, but distance makes it challenging for patients to reach a hospital or physician. Instead, healthcare organizations can explore ways to bring care directly to patients. The concept of the hospital at home is a viable option, but this also means that the patient’s home is an extension of the hospital's technology environment. Installing technology in the patient's home will be challenging as the organization must ensure they have the minimum bandwidth requirements and proper hardware setup. Technology leaders must extend their support to include and maintain technology in the patient's home.
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Telehealth has always been prominent, remaining a top priority as its adoption rate stays above pre-pandemic levels. Technology leaders and hospital executives must find innovative ways to enhance telehealth, such as using mobile clinics to deliver patient care directly. One alternative to the hospital-at-home model involves outfitting a mobile clinic van to serve rural areas. This approach presents similar technology challenges since the van must include reliable hardware and connectivity solutions.
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