Underserved US healthcare IT market offers growth prospects:
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
The US healthcare IT market is characterised as still having low adoption rates across many segments, with many physicians remaining unwilling to use healthcare IT solutions due to the lack of technical expertise or staff, perceived changes to workflow and the absence of a need to adopt. "The benefits of adopting IT are often realised at the employer and insurance plan level as opposed to the provider level," says Konstantinos Nikolopoulos, author of the new Frost & Sullivan study, An overview of the US healthcare market and implications for the healthcare IT industry. To leverage the market's potential, vendors need to educate third-party payers on the benefits of funding IT solutions for providers. Furthermore, vendors should seek to collaborate with insurance companies and employers to increase adoption of healthcare IT. For details, see: www.frost.com.