Healthcare IT outsourcing refers to the process of hiring an external technology partner to fulfil organization's IT needs and accelerate the project delivery. The healthcare outsourcing industry has revolutionized business outsourcing processes due to reduction in costs, development of global delivery models, and provision of secured data access. With the help of outsourcing IT services, healthcare providers can easily manage their patient data and medical records. It also helps the healthcare sector to analyze large amounts of data of clinical research and discover new medicines. Therefore, this emerging business model has attracted huge interest in recent years by leading health enterprises.
Market Statistics:
The global healthcare IT outsourcing market is estimated to account for US$ 64.08 Bn in terms of value by the end of 2022.
Drivers:
Growing adoption of e-prescribing, telehealth, mHealth, and other healthcare IT solutions due to COVID-19 is expected to augment the growth of the global healthcare IT outsourcing market over the forecast period. Outbreak of COVID-19 led to some spectacular estimations about IT outsourcing services in the healthcare market. The pandemic has increased the demand/use of mHealth, telehealth, and other healthcare IT solutions. In April 2020, Consumer Technology Association (CTA) and American Telemedicine Association (ATA) announced the launch of a new website of telehealth technology solutions amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The website is launched to assist the health care industry during the coronavirus outbreak.
Opportunities:
Shifting focus towards patient-centric systems and increase in patient-centric and value-based approaches in healthcare is expected to offer lucrative growth opportunities for players in the global healthcare IT outsourcing market. In July 2020, Allscripts and Microsoft Corp. teamed up to develop and deliver cloud-based health IT solutions. These IT solutions will offer many added benefits beyond the on-premise version that will improve organizational effectiveness, solution interoperability, clinician ease of use, and an improved patient experience.
To know the latest trends and insights prevalent in Global Healthcare IT Outsourcing Market, click the link below:
https://www.coherentmarketinsights.com/market-insight/healthcare-it-outsourcing-market-5244
Restraints:
High cost of deployment of healthcare IT solutions, rising incidences of data breach and loss of confidentiality, lack of standard platform, and cultural differences and language barriers are some major factors expected to hinder growth of the global healthcare IT outsourcing market. A Health Affairs study estimates that the typical multi-physician practice spend roughly US$ 162,000 to implement an EHR, with US$ 85,000 going toward first-year maintenance costs. Several studies estimate the cost of purchasing and installing an electronic health record (EHR) ranges from US$ 15,000 to 70,000 per provider.