Despite the role digital and mobile technologies play in improving patient experience, lowering the cost of healthcare delivery, and achieving operational efficiencies, most hospitals remain in wait-and-see mode regarding digital adoption. A new HIMSS Media study reflects this industrywide hesitation.

Learning points in this research include:

• What's driving digital health readiness today
• Barriers and blinders to achieving digital health initiatives
• Data privacy and security in consumer-focused healthcare
• The cost of falling behind