Forty percent of healthcare providers have growing IT budgets, based on an IDC Health Insight report. The report analyzed the 2015-2016 Healthcare Provider Technology Spend Survey.
Here are six highlights:
1. The report found 25 percent of the healthcare providers with growing IT budgets said the increase is due to electronic health records.
2. The report's results point toward the post-HER/post-meaningful use period in healthcare.
3. Providers are placing more emphasis on analytics, patient engagement, customer relationship management and security.
4. The hospitals surveyed reported confidence in managing MU requirements.
5. Respondents reported that 18 percent of new software spending is funneled toward software as a service.
6. Analytics will experience additional growth in 2016, with emphasis on accountable care organizations, clinical and quality.
"This report documents the movement by providers to the 3rd Platform, and across cloud, mobile and bid data technologies, we saw providers making significant investment in 2015, with more planned in 2016," said Judy Hanover, research director.