More than three-quarters of healthcare executives believe their industry's most valuable asset is going to be information contained in electronic medical records, according a report issued Thursday by PricewaterhouseCoopers.
The report, based on a survey of more than 700 healthcare executives, noted that the hundreds of billions of gigabytes of health and medical information being compiled will have a secondary use in five years that will make it the industry's most valuable asset.
Even though the main challenges of using of the healthcare data remain, PWC found that many organizations have already started to use e-medical records and nearly 60% of those have seen quality improvements resulting in some cost savings, patient/member satisfaction, and revenue gains.
Automated summary from: Information Week
