HIMSS March, 2018
1. Executive Summary The 2018 HIMSS U.S. Leadership and Workforce Survey reflects the perspectives of U.S. health information and technology leaders on a myriad of topics influencing the healthcare sector. The present report provides a robust profile of U.S. health information and technology priorities, especially as it relates to
hospitals, as well as their linkage to various hospital strategic initiatives (e.g. employment of select information and technology leaders) and industry economic measures (e.g. workforce projections). Based on the feedback from 369 U.S. health information and technology leaders (224 from a healthcare Provider organization; 145 from a health IT Vendor/Consulting organization), the findings yield these notable...