| | AUGUST 20238UTLOOKHealthcare Tech IN MY OPINIONBy Jared Antczak, Chief Digital Officer, Sanford HealthTransforming the Digital Healthcare Experience Starting from Rural America Jared AntczakToday, consumers interact with digital experiences for almost everything--banking, shopping, entertainment, traveling, and now health care. However, there is an "experience gap" between some of the most widely-used digital platforms--and logging into an electronic health record or a health care provider's website. Our patients are the same consumers who use Amazon, Netflix and their banking apps on a daily basis. It's no surprise that they expect the same digital sophistication with their health care experience. Consider my recent trip to a leadership symposium in Arizona. While at home in South Dakota, Delta Airlines sent a notification on my smartphone that my boarding passes were available and that I could check-in even though I was still hours from departure. Two simple taps on my screen and four seconds later, I was done. I am a frequent flyer, and my airline seat was upgraded automatically without any action required from me--the experience was personalized, and the airline reserved a window seat to align with my retained preference. Inside the Delta app, I could easily find restaurant and retail amenities for all of the airports that I traveled to and an estimate of how much time it would take to walk to my next gate. < Page 7 | Page 9 >