43% of Hospital Executives Say Largest Capital Investments Will be in IT

Forty-three percent of hospital executives report that their organization’s largest capital investment will be made in healthcare IT and telecommunications over the next year, according to the spring 2013 edition of the “Economic Outlook” survey, by Premier healthcare alliance, a performance improvement alliance for healthcare providers.  

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For the survey, researchers polled 530 hospital C-suite executives and materials and practice area managers.

The percentage of executives who said that their organization’s largest capital investment will be in health IT increased by 21 percent from two years ago.

The survey also found that 32 percent of survey respondents report being unable to share data across the continuum of care.  

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