Monday, 08 February 2010 19:26 Last Updated on Tuesday, 23 February 2010 11:02 Written by Kris Kozamchak

Only a decade ago, healthcare information technology (HIT) organizations were primarily concerned with solutions that promised improved patient safety, workflow and financial optimization. Communications
technology was a second-tier focus. Paper-based charting, which was prevalent then, kept information technology from having an impact on healthcare delivery improvements at the patient-doctor interface.

Times have changed tremendously in just 10 years. Paper-based charting has given way to electronic medical records (EMR), picture archival and communications systems (PACS), radiology information
systems (RIS), billing solutions and Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology. Traditional telephone voice services have migrated from circuit-based switches to Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), which enables more advanced unified communications (UC).

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