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Asklepios Business Value

Because of longer life expectancy and reduced numbers of workers, healthcare systems are coming under increasing pressure worldwide. While this requires highly efficient working, IT systems are often unable to deliver the time and cost savings required.

“In terms of efficient IT infrastructures, the healthcare sector is a long way behind the industrial sector,” says Uwe Pöttgen, Head of Central IT Services, Asklepios. “In most cases, hospital IT was initially designed specifically for individual sites and subsequently developed over the years. The result is heterogeneous systems, decentralised structures, and numerous data islands.”