Hospitals Are Buying IT

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The reason for the spending increase is that the healthcare industry has traditionally ignored information technology in favor of medical technology, according to Noel Stevens, senior research analyst for IDC. “Although at the forefront of technology in terms of diagnostic and treatment equipment, the industry has long been deemed the laggard with regard to information technology,” Stevens writes. “However, now faced with an aging population requiring at-home or longterm care, escalating overhead costs, and information privacy regulations such as HIPAA, the industry is under intense pressure to bring its information technology into the 21st century.” Click here to find out more!

An excellent article which examines the expected growth in the sectors as well as the reasons why it is happening.

3 August, 2005 |

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