Intelligence Unit
2011 Capital Spend: EMR Dominates Hospital Budgets
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The challenging economic climate continues to force financial leaders to make cuts and get creative with budgets, according to this HealthLeaders Media Intelligence Report: 48% of healthcare leaders have delayed capital projects and 40% have eliminated some projects in 2011 due to the economic crisis. |
This exclusive, original research and analysis offers key insight into capital spending from top healthcare executives and clinical leaders, including:
- 42% of healthcare leaders anticipate having difficulty accessing capital for capital expense projects
- 47% of healthcare organizations plan to accomplish capital expense projects using charitable donations or endowments
- 52% of healthcare leaders place improvement to quality of care as a leading priority for capital need; only 14% say return on investment is the primary factor in the decision
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