September 2, 2009

Demand Insights: Healthcare Budgets And Spending Trends

Data Shows Hospital IT Buyers Need Strong Business Cases And Proof Of ROI

by Eric G. Brown

with Christina Lee

Executive Summary (This is a document excerpt)

Hospitals' historically lackluster IT spending continues through 2009, with the recurring themes of low outsourcing, tight budgets, and focus on operational stability over innovation. But after years of waiting for widespread adoption of electronic health records (EHRs), the US government's injection of $36 billion in incentives may finally move the needle. Sales teams will need to be ready to manage those two worlds — a desire to jump on the EHR bandwagon and a culture of IT as a utility — if they are going to successfully win their share of this soon-to-pop market segment.

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