UPMC Embraces Advanced Health IT Infrastructure with New Hospitals
Hit Infrastructure | November 06, 2017
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) announced its plans to over-haul it’s health IT infrastructure by investing $2 billion to digitally transform its environment across UPMC’s many locations. UPMC intends to become the “Amazon of healthcare” by providing “next-generation treatments in patient-focused, technology-enhanced settings unique to health care," according to a UPMC statement. The healthcare organization will focus its efforts on its three new hospitals, which will be classified as digitally based specialty hospitals.