Health IT tip of the day: Differentiate your business via software, not hardware

As healthcare dollars continue to move away from costly backend systems and towards patient-centered value, IT budgets need to make the same transition.

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Stephanie Tayengco, senior vice president of operations for Logicworks in New York City: Healthcare companies need to focus on their core business of patient care, not on infrastructure maintenance and costly long-term contracts. Put more health IT dollars towards cloud-based healthcare software-as-a-service providers that facilitate the kinds of patient-facing platforms and data analytics models that make a real difference in patient outcomes.

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