Digital ‘upskilling’ a major priority for health execs in 2020

Insurance, hospital, and pharma executives have among their top priorities in 2020 to be better prepared for the digital revolution in health care, according to a new report. About 30% of executives from those industries said that adding digital skills to the existing workforce was a main goal. For those in pharma and life sciences, using technology for tasks previously done by employees was the most important issue, while most payers said hiring employees with skills to support new products was a priority. At the same time, the majority of the respondents — and 94% of those who were from insurance companies — said that ensuring cybersecurity and privacy was a barrier to their organization’s digital strategies.