Healthcare providers are increasingly looking to health IT vendors for solutions in artificial intelligence, machine learning and telehealth, according to a recent KLAS Research report.
For its Emerging HCIT Companies 2020 report, KLAS interviewed 341 healthcare professionals from 299 different provider organizations about the types of tech solutions they're looking for from vendors.
Here are the market segments that providers have shown the most interest in, listed by the number of times respondents mentioned them.
1. AI/machine learning: 59 times
2. Telehealth: 49 times
3. Analytics/business intelligence: 27 times
4. Population health management: 22 times
5. Patient engagement: 20 times
6. Virtual care: 14 times
7. Robotic process automation: 12 times
8. Mobile applications: 11 times
9. Security: 11 times
10. Interoperability: 9 times
11. Cloud services: 7 times
12. Communication platforms: 6 times
13. Consumerism: 6 times
14. Value-based care: 6 times
15. Social determinants of health: 6 times
16. Imaging: 6 times
17. Behavioral health: 5 times
18. Natural language processing: 5 times
19. Patient experience: 5 times
20: Physician experience: 5 times