Global Progress Toward Digital Transformation in the Post-Pandemic Era

The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated digital health adoption worldwide, but how far have healthcare organizations actually progressed in their digital transformation journeys? This session presents comprehensive analysis from the HIMSS Office of Scientific Research, examining Digital Health Indicator (DHI) data from 253 healthcare organizations across 12 countries, revealing striking global patterns in digital maturity development. The research uncovers significant variations in digital readiness across regions, with notable differences between developed and developing healthcare systems. Most remarkably, the data reveals that governance and workforce capacity consistently rank as the strongest digital health capability globally, while person-enabled health and predictive analytics lag significantly behind across all countries. Through analysis of interoperability, person-enabled health, predictive analytics and governance capabilities, this session examines what these patterns reveal about global digital health priorities and readiness. The findings highlight critical gaps where healthcare organizations worldwide are struggling to advance, particularly in patient engagement technologies and data-driven decision-making. Drawing on self-reported assessments from diverse healthcare systems, this session provides evidence-based insights into where the global healthcare community stands in the post-pandemic digital transformation era and identifies universal challenges that transcend national boundaries.