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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