[medinformatics] Survey: Slow Adoption of IT Threatens Healthcare Industry

[Medical Informatics News]

A*new survey of senior healthcare exutives reveals that slow adoption of IT, followed by
rising healthcare and technolgy costs, are serious threats to the healthcare industry. The online study was conducted
by Harris Interactive for research and consulting firm
Capgemini last month and the results released this week, according to an
article in InformationWeek.

The survey found that 38% of the executives polled think the slow adoption of IT, including
electronic*medical records, is a top threat to the industry; 37%, think rising health costs are the most
threatening. Respondents were asked to pick the two most serious threats to their sector of the industry from a list
of more than two-dozen possible threats. The increasing number of people without health insurance or with
under-insurance also ranked as a looming threat.



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