Health care providers in India
will spend $1 billion US Dollars (USD) on IT products and services in
2013, an increase of 7 percent over 2012, according to Gartner.
This forecast includes spending by health care providers (includes
hospitals and hospital systems, as well as ambulatory service and
physicians' practices) on internal IT (including personnel),
hardware, software, external IT services and telecommunications.
“IT services, which includes consulting, implementation, IT
outsourcing and business process outsourcing, will be the largest
overall spending category through 2017 the forecast period within the
health care providers sector, “ said Anurag Gupta, research
director at Gartner. “IT services is expected to grow 6.9 percent
in 2013 to reach $276 million USD in 2013, up from $258 million in
2012 – with the consulting segment growing by 12.4 percent.”
Internal services will achieve the highest growth rate amongst the
spending categories – forecast to be 14.5 percent in 2013. Internal
services refer to salaries and benefits paid to the information
services staff of an organization. The information services staff
includes all company employees that plan, develop, implement and
maintain information systems. Software will achieve a growth rate of
11 percent in 2013 to reach $98 million USD in 2013, up from $88
million in 2012, led by growth in vertical specific software
(software applications that are unique to a vertical industry. These
are stand-alone applications that are not modules or extensions of
horizontal applications).
The Indian government plans to increase public spending on
healthcare to target the dual burden of diseases: communicable and
infectious diseases in the lower strata of population and lifestyle
diseases within the affluent society. India has significant catching
up to do with other developing countries in the health realm, and the
government will keep encouraging the development of the private
sector within secondary and tertiary care along with putting
financial and manpower resources within the primary care sector
through programs like the National Rural Health Mission.
“Hospital information systems, picture archiving and
communications systems, electronic health records and mobile
technologies will be high on the agenda. We expect to see providers
benefit by offering cost effective business models which show quick
returns on capital by leveraging the Nexus of Forces (cloud,
mobility, big data and social) and improving patient coverage and
quality of care. Growth of health insurance will also catalyze
technology adoption in healthcare provider segments,” said Mr.
Gupta.
Further information on health care providers sector IT spending is
available in the Gartner report, “Forecast: Enterprise IT Spending
for the Healthcare Providers Market, Worldwide, 2011-2017, 3Q13
Update” and the vertical industries forecast, “Forecast:
Enterprise IT Spending by Vertical Industry Market, Worldwide,
2011-2017, 3Q13 Update” The forecasts provide total enterprise IT
spending, including internal spending and multiple lines of detail
for spending on hardware, software, IT services, and
telecommunications for vertical industries and 43 countries within
seven geographies.
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