Validic has recently conducted a survey among more than 450 healthcare organizations to gain better insights into the current state of digital health strategies across healthcare.

Results of the “Global Progress on Digital Health” survey revealed that the majority of respondents (59%) are either behind schedule with their digital health strategy or have no digital health strategy currently in place. The remaining 41% say they are on schedule with implementing and executing their strategy. Respondents to the survey included a range of healthcare organizations such as hospitals, pharmaceuticals, wellness and healthcare technology companies.

“It was interesting to find that more than half of healthcare organizations say they have no digital health strategy or are behind schedule,” said Validic CMO Chris Edwards.”We know these companies are looking for a way to accelerate their digital health initiatives, and that is why we wanted share this information, as well as provide some commonalities of thriving healthcare organizations.”

Implementing a digital health strategy can be difficult as there are many components to consider when formulating. To help companies understand the necessary steps to take when launching a successful digital health strategy, Validic has released a white paper highlighting best practices. The paper, which is available for download from here, also delves into healthcare’s growing reliance and relationship with technology, while profiling successful organizations in digital health, like Kaiser Permanente and Partners Healthcare.