3 Areas State & Local Agencies Are Looking to Transform IT and Healthcare Management
July 2, 2015 Leave a comment
by Rachel Eckert, Senior Analyst
In this new resource-constrained environment of “doing more with less,” state and local governments must find ways to increase delivery of Health & Human Services (HHS) to citizens without a corresponding increase to their budget. As state budgets continue to recover from the crippling 2008 recession, HHS agencies – while still holding a dominating share of the budget – are being encouraged to reform their approach to IT and healthcare management. As such, states are looking to the COTs community to help them transform IT and Healthcare Management in three core areas:
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