Health care providers in India
are expected to spend $1.1 billion US Dollars (USD) on IT products and services
in 2014, an increase of 5 percent over 2013. This forecast includes spending by
healthcare providers (includes hospitals and hospital systems, as well as
ambulatory service and physicians' practices) on internal services, software,
IT services, data center, devices and telecom services.
IT Services, which includes
consulting, implementation, IT outsourcing and business process outsourcing,
will be the largest overall spending category throughout the forecast period
within the health care providers sector. It is expected to reach $300 million
USD in 2014, up from $280 million in 2013 – with the consulting segment growing
10 percent.
Internal Services will achieve
the highest growth rate amongst the spending categories – forecast to be 18
percent in 2014. 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 8.4 percent in 2014
to reach $98 million USD in 2014, up from $90 million in 2013, 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).
India has a new government, and
the Ministry of Health will closely examine ways to deliver cost effective
healthcare across the country. Delivering wide access to healthcare in an
affordable manner will be a top priority for the wider public healthcare system.
The organized private healthcare
sector will continue its expansion across Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities, as well as
niche sectors like maternity and child health. We expect emphasis on eHealth,
mobile health, telemedicine, public private partnership and leveraging
innovative delivery models.
Source: Gartner, Inc., IBEF
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