Hospital and health system CIOs reported an average base salary of $322,000 in 2017, according to the 2017 National Healthcare IT Compensation Survey.
For the report, Integrated Healthcare Strategies collected data on 874 healthcare organizations, including healthcare systems, subsidiary and independent hospitals, clinics and medical groups, and other healthcare providers.
Here are four things to know.
1. Leadership-level IT position salaries increased roughly 3 percent over the last 12 months.
2. Annual incentives, which are commonly provided to those holding leadership roles, often target 15 to 35 percent of the base salary.
3. Organizations plan to increase IT staff, manager and executive salaries by an average of 2.8 percent over the next 12 months.
4. Although differences in total wage increases among various staff level positions were relatively small (0.3 to 0.5 percent), EHR and enterprise resource planning positions were on the higher end of the receiving spectrum.
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