Thank you to Renee, a Sales Development Representative at Ambra, who turned her blog post into a personal story about how the lack of #healthIT affected her life.
As a senior at the University of Kentucky, I found myself struggling to balance my course load and part-time campus job while beginning the strenuous process of
Shortly after my health improved, I was offered a position at Ambra Health, a cloud-based image management vendor. Like most new hires, I spent my days learning the ropes and hearing the problems that Ambra helped its customers face. I quickly found out that I was not the only patient who had dealt with this issue; it turns out that every single day patients with chronic or serious conditions are asked to shuffle around CDs. If Ambra Health was implemented in the facilities I went to, I could have drastically reduced the amount of class and work I was forced to miss.
One of Ambra’s largest initiatives is the Ditch The Disk, a campaign that allows healthcare executives to realize the true costs and patient care delays associated with burning CDs. CDs have an extremely negative impact on patient daily life, overall care, and even perception of a facility. As a Gen Z who is used to accessing every other piece of information that I need online and has experienced the delays associated with CDs, I now look for facilities that offer enhanced access. Together, patients, physicians, and vendors can work to eliminate outdated technology and speed up time-to-care delivery.