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Reader Purchase Power & IT Spending
Healthcare IT spending is on a steep rise and has no sign of slowing down. Independent research* confirms that Healthcare IT News readers are very much involved in that spending.
| Purchase Area | % of Readers |
| Clinical Information Systems/Clinical Documentation Systems | 81% |
| EMR/EHR | 70% |
| Hospital/Healthcare Information Systems | 59% |
| IT Consulting | 59% |
| CPOE (Computerized Physician Order Entry) | 55% |
| Databases/Repositories/Data Warehouses | 54% |
| Mobile Computing/Handheld/Wireless Technologies/Wireless Networking | 53% |
| Document Management Systems | 53% |
| Hardware/Peripheral Devices | 53% |
| Information Security | 50% |
| Systems Integration/Networking/Connectivity/Interoperability | 50% |
| Internet/Intranet/Extranet | 47% |
| Transcription/Dictation Systems | 44% |
| Communications/Telecommunications | 42% |
| HIPAA Assessment/Implementation | 42% |
| Voice Processing/Speech Recognition | 42% |
| Pharmacy/e-Prescribing | 40% |
| Financial/Billing/Revenue Cycle Management/Patient Accounts | 39% |
| Practice Management Systems | 39% |
| RFID/Barcoding | 38% |
| Laboratory Information Systems | 37% |
| Coding/Claims Management | 36% |
| Scheduling/Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) | 35% |
| PACS/Radiology/Enterprise Image Management | 33% |
| Patient Education | 30% |
| Language Engines/Health Vocabularies | 21% |
New technology purchases or product upgrades our readers are buying over the next 2 years:
| Purchase Area | Definitely Will Buy |
Might Buy |
| Hardware/Peripheral Devices | 87% | 7% |
| Mobile Computing/Handheld/Wireless Technologies/Wireless Networking | 73% | 17% |
| Clinical Information Systems/Clinical Documentation Systems | 59% | 16% |
| IT Consulting | 57% | 25% |
| EMR/EHR | 56% | 22% |
| CPOE (Computerized Physician Order Entry) | 50% | 27% |
| Information Security | 48% | 34% |
| RFID/Barcoding | 47% | 29% |
| Systems Integration/Networking/Connectivity/Interoperability | 57% | 23% |
| Communications/Telecommunications | 56% | 26% |
| Databases/Repositories/Data Warehouses | 42% | 36% |
| Document Management Systems | 42% | 30% |
| Hospital/Healthcare Information Systems | 52% | 23% |
| Internet/Intranet/Extranet | 48% | 29% |
| Pharmacy/e-Prescribing | 44% | 32% |
| PACS/Radiology/Enterprise Image Management | 51% | 27% |
| Transcription/Dictation Systems | 49% | 27% |
| Voice Processing/Speech Recognition | 31% | 40% |
| Financial/Billing/Revenue Cycle Management/Patient Accounts | 42% | 36% |
| Practice Management Systems | 44% | 22% |
| Coding/Claims Management | 39% | 23% |
| Scheduling/Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) | 36% | 34% |
| Laboratory Information Systems | 35% | 25% |
| Patient Education | 28% | 39% |
| Language Engines/Health Vocabularies | 35% | 38% |
| HIPAA Assessment/Implementation | 18% | 37% |
* Data collection and tabulations were performed by The Survey Center, an independent market research firm located in Mashpee, MA, May-June 2007.
Fast Facts
- 96.7% of our readers recommend, specify, authorize or budget one or more technology purchases
- When making purchase decisions about IT products and services, our readers ranked easy integration as most important, followed by price
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