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	June 21, 2005 Telecom 2005 Spending Trends In Healthcare North American Hospitals' Late Start, Fast Growth Create Vendor Opportunities by Eric G. Brown with Brownlee Thomas, Ph.D., Will McEnroe

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Executive Summary

To support healthcare's daunting rollout of clinical information systems for decision support and medical error reduction, healthcare institutions are making investments in infrastructure — including networking and communication technologies. Forrester's recent survey of IT execs responsible for telecom systems and services shows that while most firms have boosted their telecom budgets by a modest 3.3% this year, hospitals have grown theirs by 5.4%. But true to general healthcare spending tendencies, these investments reflect the sector's local nature and will favor vendors that understand this industry's regulatory and business requirements.

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