The following five insights into the health IT market from HIMSS Analytics show this robust growth.
- A vast majority of U.S. hospitals (90.6 percent) have recently acquired or installed health IT software.
- The percentage of hospitals involved in the acquisition or installation of at least one health IT application has been increasing year over year.
- Clinical applications related to electronic medical record systems have consistently ranked as the most frequently acquired or installed health IT applications.
- The top two most frequently acquired or installed health IT applications are targeted towards physicians — computerized practitioner order entry and physician documentation software.
- The health IT buyer market is composed of four distinct segments:
- Miscellaneous buyers: 79 percent of organizations show no discernible pattern to the type of applications they choose to purchase.
- EMR suite buyers: 11 percent focus on buying just the basic elements of the EMR suite.
- EMR plus buyers: 6 percent select the EMR suite plus select financial or operational software.
- PACS buyers: 4 percent acquire or install picture archiving and communication systems.
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