Stimulus Spending Brings Medical Applications to Life

Healthcare systems around the globe are experiencing tremendous pressure to improve health services while containing costs. As a result, medical providers are replacing their older paper- and film-based systems with more efficient health information technology, such as electronic health records. Recent governmental actions have greatly increased the pace of this transition. For example, the U.S. government will invest billions over the next five years to move the U.S. healthcare system to broad adoption of standards-based health information technologies. This represents a huge new opportunity for medical system developers and integrators.