Accucom Blog

How to harness technology to improve care outcomes.

As our increasingly connected population ages and life expectancy increases, aged care facilities are under pressure to keep pace with emerging digital trends. This fast-changing landscape means that meeting the shifting demands of elderly Australians and continually improving the provision of care is no longer just a value-add, it’s mission critical.

One industry that is particularly well-known for its technology troubles is healthcare. It has the unique issue of trying to make the jump to digital after having been a strictly paper-based industry for a long time. Electronic Health Records, or EHR, have provided this opportunity to providers that want to update their practices to match those of 2019.

Technology has helped many industries push beyond their limits and embrace new operational methods that may not have been possible in the past. One of these industries is healthcare and medical IT. Thanks to these advancements, patients have more options now than ever before in how much control they have over their records, but providers must be wary of these changes in order to take advantage of them.