Indian healthcare providers are expected to spend $1.2 billion on IT products and services in 2015, a 7 per cent rise from 2014, according to a study by Gartner.

The forecast includes spending by healthcare providers (such as hospitals, ambulatory service, and physician practices) on internal services, software, IT services, data centre, devices, and telecom services.

“IT services, which include consulting, implementation, IT outsourcing (ITO), and business process outsourcing (BPO), will be the largest overall spending category throughout the forecast period in the healthcare providers sector,” said Anurag Gupta, research Vice-President at Gartner.

“It is expected to reach $334 million in 2015, growing 7 per cent over 2014. The BPO sub-segment will record the fastest growth rate of 15 per cent over 2014. ITO will be the largest sub-segment in IT services recording a 10 per cent increase in 2015 to reach $103 million in 2015,” he added.

The software market will grow 6.7 per cent in 2015 to reach $102 million, up from $96 million in 2014. Vertical specific software (VSS), which includes hospital information systems, electronic health and medical records, health information management, patient financial management, and more, will grow 6 per cent in 2015 to reach $28 million.

“The growth in the Indian healthcare ICT market will be driven by the private sector, mainly focusing in tertiary specialised care, secondary hospital care, and Government investments on core public health and primary care across several states,” said Gupta.

rajesh.kurup@thehindu.co.in

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