Federal stimulus dollars for healthcare IT expansion aren’t scheduled to start flowing until 2011. But many firms already appear to be gearing up. Nearly 70% of healthcare companies in an Information Week magazine survey predicted that their 2009 IT spend will exceed 2008 totals. Respondents are allocating 30% of their IT budgets to new efforts, while 70% is earmarked for ongoing IT tasks, the survey found.
Stimulus dollars give healthcare IT spending an early boost
September 15, 2009