It was the third year in a row that staffing was the top issue identified in the annual “Health IT Industry Outlook Survey,” the consulting firm said in a news release.
These are healthcare CIOs’ top five operational burdens, according to the survey of 60 of the executives that took place from May through July:
1. Retaining and budgeting for qualified health IT resources: 65 percent
2. Demand management while juggling multiple IT initiatives: 11 percent
3. Provider burnout and turnover related to EHR burden and inefficiency: 9 percent
4. Aligning IT with maximizing value-based care reimbursements: 8 percent
5. IT service failures (e.g., system downtimes or cybersecurity hits): 7 percent
