Synopsis
This report presents the findings from a survey of 155 healthcare providers regarding their Information & Communications Technology (ICT) investment priorities. The survey investigates the core technologies which healthcare providers are investing in, including the likes of enterprise applications, security, mobility, communications & collaboration, and Cloud Computing.
Scope
Recognize healthcare providers’ strategic objectives with regards to their ICT investments.
Identify healthcare providers’ investment priorities based on their budget allocations across core technology categories such as enterprise applications, security, mobility, communications & collaboration, and Cloud Computing, etc.
Learn about the drivers that are influencing healthcare providers’ investments in each technology category.
Establish how healthcare providers’ IT budgets are currently allocated across various segments within a technology category.
Gain insight into how healthcare providers’ plan to change their ICT budget allocations across various segments within a technology category.
Summary
Why was the report written?
In order to provide deeper insights into healthcare providers’ ICT investment priorities and strategic objectives.
What is the current market landscape and what is changing?
Healthcare providers in developed countries such as the US and the UK have already made significant ICT investments to streamline their operations. However, Kable Market Research believes that healthcare providers will further increase their ICT budgets in the coming months.
What are the key drivers behind recent market changes?
Healthcare providers ICT investments are mainly influenced by healthcare reforms, the implementation of e-health systems, mobile applications, and business intelligence.
What makes this report unique and essential to read?
Kable Market Research Market Research has invested significant resources in order to interview CIOs and IT managers about their IT investment priorities. Very few IT analyst houses will have interviewed 150+ ICT decision makers in healthcare industry in H2 2012.
Reasons To Buy
Healthcare providers’ focus on security is evident from the survey where these providers are assigning the highest importance to the strategic objective of improving security/privacy, with an average rating of X on a scale of 1 to 4.
The increasing complexity of their ICT infrastructure is compelling 77% of healthcare providers to invest in IT systems management through to the end of 2014.
Content management is proving popular amongst healthcare providers given the increasing need to manage and analyse rapidly growing volumes of unstructured data. Currently, 92% of healthcare providers have made investments in this domain, and 75% are planning to invest in content management in the next two years.
Kable Market Research’s survey reveals that server virtualization is the most popular green technology amongst healthcare providers, with a current penetration rate of 69%. Server virtualization enables organisations to reduce the capital cost of future server purchases along with a decrease in the operational costs of energy, maintenance, and management.
The healthcare sector is witnessing a slow adoption of cloud computing as a result of concerns regarding the protection and security of private data.
Table of Contents
1 Enterprise ICT investment trends
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Survey demographics
1.3 ICT budget changes
1.4 Strategic objectives
1.5 Core technology investment priorities
2 Detailed ICT investment priorities
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Enterprise applications
2.3 Business intelligence
2.4 Security
2.5 Content management
2.6 Mobility
2.7 IT systems management
2.8 Communications & collaboration
2.9 Green IT & virtualization
2.1 Cloud computing solutions
3 Summary
3.1 Healthcare providers are investing in core and advanced technologies to improve their ICT infrastructure
4 Appendix
4.1 Definitions
4.2 Further reading
4.3 Contact the authors
List Of Tables
Table 1: Healthcare – enterprise ICT survey geographic breakdown
Table 2: Healthcare – enterprise ICT survey breakdown by size band (number of employees)
Table 3: Recent and expected ICT budget changes among healthcare providers
Table 4: Current strategic objectives of healthcare providers
Table 5: Current and future investment priorities of healthcare providers across core technologies
Table 6: Enterprise applications – healthcare providers’ current and future investment priorities
Table 7: Business intelligence – healthcare providers’ current and future investment priorities
Table 8: Security – healthcare providers’ current and future investment priorities
Table 9: Content management – healthcare providers’ current and future investment priorities
Table 10: Mobility – healthcare providers’ current and future investment priorities
Table 11: IT systems management – healthcare providers’ current and future investment priorities
Table 12: Communications & collaboration – healthcare providers’ current and future investment priorities
Table 13: Green IT & virtualization – healthcare providers’ current and future investment priorities
Table 14: Cloud computing solutions – healthcare providers’ current and future investment priorities
List Of Figures
Figure 1: Healthcare – enterprise ICT survey geographic breakdown
Figure 2: Healthcare – enterprise ICT survey breakdown by size band (number of employees)
Figure 3: Recent and expected ICT budget changes among healthcare providers
Figure 4: Current strategic objectives of healthcare providers
Figure 5: Current and future investment priorities of healthcare providers across core technologies
Figure 6: Enterprise applications – healthcare providers’ current and future investment priorities
Figure 7: Business intelligence – healthcare providers’ current and future investment priorities
Figure 8: Security – healthcare providers’ current and future investment priorities
Figure 9: Content management – healthcare providers’ current and future investment priorities
Figure 10: Mobility – healthcare providers’ current and future investment priorities
Figure 11: IT systems management – healthcare providers’ current and future investment priorities
Figure 12: Communications & collaboration – healthcare providers’ current and future investment priorities
Figure 13: Green IT & virtualization – healthcare providers’ current and future investment priorities
Figure 14: Cloud computing solutions – healthcare providers’ current and future investment priorities
