The document discusses the current state of healthcare IT and how new technologies like cloud, mobile, and social can help alleviate pressures facing hospitals. Currently, healthcare IT is relatively archaic and relies on outdated, on-site server-based systems. This leads to inefficient manual tracking of operations and a focus on meeting regulations instead of improving care. New technologies can reduce costs by eliminating on-site hardware, improve communication and resource management, and allow remote access. If adopted, these technologies could impact many areas from communications to quality tracking and help reduce costs while improving results through automation and reduced inefficiencies.