Healthcare-IT is not as simple as it seems

Healthcare-IT is not as simple as it seems. Microsoft had shut down Amalga HIS in 2010 and now Google shuts down google health. Healthcare product development and implementation projects fail when it is treated as an IT project. Microsoft and Google failed to understand this simple fact.

Many of the large HIS/EMR implementations in India are failing because they are being handled as IT projects. Now the writing is on the wall - It is high time the tech giants accept it that Healthcare-IT is not just another industry vertical. It requires deep healthcare skills and a long-term commitment.

Likewise the hospitals need to understand that IT Dept has to be driven from the top with a CIO and CMIO having deep Healthcare-IT background.