A new survey of CHIME members finds that application rationalization is a top priority among CIOs, yet many healthcare organizations aren’t investing the necessary resources or governance. So much of healthcare these days is organized through apps. And it’s often the CIO’s job to manage those apps, making sure they’re up to date and productive and weeding out the old and ineffective ones. But while application rationalization is a key priority of a healthcare organization’s application portfolio management (APM) strategy, a new survey finds that many health systems and hospitals aren’t putting the effort into analyzing and decommissioning old technology. And it’s costing them a lot of money and efficiency. The survey, conducted by Clearsense of College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) members CIOs and IT executives, finds that more than three quarters of executives see app rationalization as a high priority, yet only 20% of their organizations have a program up and running. Another 44% say they’re setting up a program, 16% are still in the planning phase and 20% haven’t even started. “Health systems are under immense financial pressure, yet many are missing one of the most immediate opportunities to reduce cost,” Clearsense CEO Jason Rose said in a press release accompanying the survey. “With the right structure, health systems can finally capture the savings they’ve been leaving on the table and build the data foundation required for future innovation.” googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display(“dfp-ad-hl_native1”); }); As the healthcare industry embraces AI, and as new opportunities open up for…
