Healthcare IT spending is expected to grow from US$ 274.2 million in 2009 to US$ 609.5 in 2013, growing at a Compounded Annual Growth Rate 22 per cent from 2009-2013.”
In 2009 the hardware accounted for the largest proportion of total IT spending in the healthcare vertical was 55 per cent, followed by software and IT Services at 25 per cent and 20 per cent respectively Further, the report states that IBM, Dell Services and SAP are some of the key players active in the healthcare space in India whereas Siemens Information Systems Pvt Ltd and Religare Technova are identified as the emerging vendors in this space.
Tulika Sheel, Analyst, Vertical Industries at Springboard Research, said, “The spending on basic computing products is expected to increase over the next five years, as hospitals build and upgrade their IT infrastructure. Moreover, with new and upcoming applications such as telemedicine and e-prescriptions penetrating the healthcare vertical in India, IT investments on software would further increase .”
The report also found that 23 per cent of the healthcare respondents who currently use or plan to use Cloud Computing cited “reduced hardware infrastructure costs” as well as “simplified resource and server provisioning” to be the primary reasons for adoption. Though Cloud/ SaaS applications help healthcare enterprises in reducing their operating costs, the high initial investment, integration with existing systems and lack of knowledge hinder the adoption. Healthcare Information System (HIS) is the largest IT solution implemented for healthcare which drives majority of the tier 1 private enterprise investments.
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