Value-Based Care Drives Demand for Health IT Consulting

Value-based care, cloud infrastructure, and compliance issues push organizations to seek health IT consulting firms. The need for efficient technology that cuts costs has significantly boosted the health IT consulting market. Efficient health IT infrastructure tools are need as organizations continue to rely on technology for value-based care. Organizations are looking into advanced health IT solutions such as networking, virtualization, and analytics to better connect and communicate with patients as well as gain better insight into their health. While many of these advanced solutions have a positive ROI, they can be expensive to purchase and deploy. Spending a significant amount of money on a health IT budget can’t be done lightly. The tools themselves are expensive, and deploying them incorrectly or not using them to their full capacity can end up costing organizations money, time, and efficiency. When deploying an advanced solution of any kind that must comply with existing infrastructure, healthcare organizations are advised to seek outside help. Enlisting the aid of an expert can help organizations make the right tools and vendor selections so they know they’re getting the most out of the money they are spending. The health IT consulting market is rapidly rising because of continued digitization of healthcare tools. The market is expected to grow from $45 billion in 2017 to nearly $53 billion by the end of 2018, according to Black Book research released August 14. The Black Book survey polled over 1,500 healthcare professionals and found that lack of highly skilled health IT professionals, cloud adoption, and increased digitization are the leading reasons why provider organizations are seeking outside consultants.