Despite the growing importance of technology in healthcare, nearly 65% of organizations report spending less than the recommended 5% of their revenue on IT each year, according to a new report from executive search firm WittKieffer.
Here are health system and hospital CIOs top IT priorities, per the survey of 110 healthcare CIOs — mostly from hospitals and health systems — released Oct. 29:
- Advancing the information security program: 47%
- Financial discipline / cost reduction: 44%
- Major implementation (EMR, ERP, etc.): 40%
- Digital transformation: 34%
- Addressing technical debt: 29%
- AI adoption: 29%
- Development of enterprise analytics program: 26%
- Supporting M&A expansion efforts: 26%
- Talent recruitment and retention: 13%