Ingram Micro HIMSS Ep#7 Modernization Is Not Transformation: Healthcare Needs to Know the Difference

About this episode

This episode discusses the distinction between modernization and true transformation in healthcare technology and the challenges faced by IT leaders.

Healthcare has spent years and billions modernizing its technology — but how much of it has actually changed outcomes for patients, clinicians, or the bottom line?In this episode of Health Reimagined, host Jon Myer (Myer Media, powered by Ingram Micro) sits down with Monica from Sublimation Health to unpack why so many digital transformation efforts stall, what the difference between modernization and true transformation actually looks like, and what it takes to get people, process, and technology moving in the same direction at the same time.From migration stalls and AI hype cycles to cloud security concerns and merger integration playbooks, this is a frank conversation about what healthcare IT leaders are really up against — and what change management done right actually looks like.🔗 Learn more at sublimationhealth.comTopics covered:The emotional state of healthcare IT leaders today — excited, exhausted, and nervousModernization vs. transformation — why they are not the same thingWhy transformation projects stall and how to avoid itThe people, process, and technology triad that drives successful migrationsAI hype cycles in healthcare and the risk of early vs. late adoptionWhy…

People in this episode

Host: Jon Myer

Guest: Monica

Topics covered

• healthcare technology
• digital transformation
• modernization vs. transformation
• healthcare IT challenges
• change management
• cloud security
• AI in healthcare

Keywords

• healthcare IT
• digital investment
• migration stalls
• AI hype cycles
• cloud security
• change management
• technology triad

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Organizations: Sublimation Health, Ingram Micro, Health Reimagined

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