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Frost & Sullivan: Healthcare Industry Participants Adopt IT Solutions Primarily to Improve Productivity
The new research from Frost & Sullivan, , summarises the findings of a survey of 153 decision-makers for IT-related purchases in the healthcare industry in the US and Europe .
"A boost in productivity is the top reason for IT investments in large hospitals, small-to-medium sized hospitals, and ambulatory service centres across the US and Europe ," said Frost & Sullivan Research Analyst Karolina Olszewska . "In addition, large hospitals tend to invest in IT solutions to improve collaboration and accelerate decision-making, while small hospitals use these solutions to attract and retain their workforce."
Cloud computing is the most widely adopted technology; almost half the IT decision-makers in healthcare companies across the US and Europe have moved more than 50 percent of their enterprise communications to the cloud. This trend is expected to continue as security concerns regarding cloud computing technologies are on the decline.
Interestingly, even though unified communications clients and business-grade softphones have relatively low usage rates, these segments are expected to land the highest growth rates of all IT technologies surveyed. Web conferencing, however, will see a fall in adoption over the next three years.
"IT companies have to strategize to deal with new regulatory requirements that are driving up hospitals' IT costs as well as clients' need to manage expensive multi-vendor solutions," stated Olszewska. "Right now, it looks like customer care solutions are yet another attitude towards IT and communications."
For more information on this study, please email Edyta Grabowska , Corporate Communications, at edyta.grabowska@frost.com.
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