Healthcare IT Consulting Market: Global Industry Trends, Share, Size, Growth, Opportunity and Forecast 2023-2028
Market Report I 2023-10-15 I 146 Pages I IMARC Group
Market Overview:
The global healthcare IT consulting market size reached US$ 41.3 Billion in 2022. Looking forward, IMARC Group expects the market to reach US$ 113.8 Billion by 2028, exhibiting a growth rate (CAGR) of 16.9% during 2023-2028.
Healthcare IT consulting services refer to advisory support provided regarding financial planning, operations management, and business decisions to healthcare organizations and professionals. They are widely used to analyze business needs, workflows, and security, review IT environment components, improve patient care and healthcare procedures, and enhance information tracking and reporting systems. Healthcare IT consulting aids in minimizing medical malpractice, increasing telehealth opportunities, remaining compliant with data privacy laws, understanding organization, and offering faster service to patients. As a result, these services are employed by healthcare payers, providers, hospitals, imaging and diagnostic centers, and public health entities.
Healthcare IT Consulting Market Trends:
Growing digitization in the healthcare industry across the globe is creating a positive outlook for the market. Healthcare IT consulting helps in the development and maintenance of clinical platforms, analytics dashboard, network optimization services, revenue cycle management (RCM), and enterprise resource planning support services. In line with this, the rising number of hospital admissions has surged the demand for advanced and efficient systems to cope with growing healthcare processes and infrastructure, which, in turn, is favoring the market growth. Apart from this, the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) with healthcare IT consulting services to ensure data privacy, optimize resource management, gain insights from unstructured data, and provide a modernized approach to decision-making processes is providing an impetus to the market growth. Furthermore, the increasing need for data security and the widespread adoption of digital healthcare models over paper-based counterparts is positively impacting the market growth. Other factors, including the implementation of various government initiatives supporting healthcare IT solutions, the rising geriatric population, extensive research and development (R&D) activities, and the growing adoption of electronic record maintenance, are propelling the market growth.
Key Market Segmentation:
IMARC Group provides an analysis of the key trends in each sub-segment of the global healthcare IT consulting market report, along with forecasts at the global, regional and country level from 2023-2028. Our report has categorized the market based on consulting type and end user.
Breakup by Consulting Type:
HCIT Change Management
Healthcare Business Process Management
HCIT Integration and Migration
Healthcare/Medical System Security Set-Up and Risk Assessment
Healthcare Enterprise Reporting and Data Analytics
Others
Breakup by End User:
Hospitals and Ambulatory Care Centers
Diagnostic and Imaging Centers
Public and Private Payers
Others
Breakup by Region:
North America
United States
Canada
Asia-Pacific
China
Japan
India
South Korea
Australia
Indonesia
Others
Europe
Germany
France
United Kingdom
Italy
Spain
Russia
Others
Latin America
Brazil
Mexico
Others
Middle East and Africa
Competitive Landscape:
The competitive landscape of the industry has also been examined along with the profiles of the key players being Accenture plc, Atos SE, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited, Genpact, HCL Technologies Limited (HCL Enterprise), Infosys Limited, International Business Machines Corporation, Koninklijke Philips N.V., NTT DATA Corporation (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation), Oracle Corporation, Siemens Healthineers AG (Siemens AG) and Tata Consultancy Services Limited.
Key Questions Answered in This Report
1. What was the size of the global healthcare IT consulting market in 2022?
2. What is the expected growth rate of the global healthcare IT consulting market during 2023-2028?
3. What are the key factors driving the global healthcare IT consulting market?
4. What has been the impact of COVID-19 on the global healthcare IT consulting market?
5. What is the breakup of the global healthcare IT consulting market based on the consulting type?
6. What are the key regions in the global healthcare IT consulting market?
7. Who are the key players/companies in the global healthcare IT consulting market?
1 Preface
2 Scope and Methodology
2.1Objectives of the Study
2.2Stakeholders
2.3Data Sources
2.3.1Primary Sources
2.3.2Secondary Sources
2.4Market Estimation
2.4.1Bottom-Up Approach
2.4.2Top-Down Approach
2.5Forecasting Methodology
3 Executive Summary
4 Introduction
4.1Overview
4.2Key Industry Trends
5 Global Healthcare IT Consulting Market
5.1Market Overview
5.2Market Performance
5.3Impact of COVID-19
5.4Market Forecast
6 Market Breakup by Consulting Type
6.1HCIT Change Management
6.1.1 Market Trends
6.1.2 Market Forecast
6.2Healthcare Business Process Management
6.2.1 Market Trends
6.2.2 Market Forecast
6.3HCIT Integration and Migration
6.3.1 Market Trends
6.3.2 Market Forecast
6.4Healthcare/Medical System Security Set-Up and Risk Assessment
6.4.1 Market Trends
6.4.2 Market Forecast
6.5Healthcare Enterprise Reporting and Data Analytics
6.5.1 Market Trends
6.5.2 Market Forecast
6.6Others
6.6.1 Market Trends
6.6.2 Market Forecast
7 Market Breakup by End User
7.1Hospitals and Ambulatory Care Centers
7.1.1 Market Trends
7.1.2 Market Forecast
7.2Diagnostic and Imaging Centers
7.2.1 Market Trends
7.2.2 Market Forecast
7.3Public and Private Payers
7.3.1 Market Trends
7.3.2 Market Forecast
7.4Others
7.4.1 Market Trends
7.4.2 Market Forecast
8 Market Breakup by Region
8.1North America
8.1.1 United States
8.1.1.1 Market Trends
8.1.1.2 Market Forecast
8.1.2 Canada
8.1.2.1 Market Trends
8.1.2.2 Market Forecast
8.2Asia-Pacific
8.2.1 China
8.2.1.1 Market Trends
8.2.1.2 Market Forecast
8.2.2 Japan
8.2.2.1 Market Trends
8.2.2.2 Market Forecast
8.2.3 India
8.2.3.1 Market Trends
8.2.3.2 Market Forecast
8.2.4 South Korea
8.2.4.1 Market Trends
8.2.4.2 Market Forecast
8.2.5 Australia
8.2.5.1 Market Trends
8.2.5.2 Market Forecast
8.2.6 Indonesia
8.2.6.1 Market Trends
8.2.6.2 Market Forecast
8.2.7 Others
8.2.7.1 Market Trends
8.2.7.2 Market Forecast
8.3Europe
8.3.1 Germany
8.3.1.1 Market Trends
8.3.1.2 Market Forecast
8.3.2 France
8.3.2.1 Market Trends
8.3.2.2 Market Forecast
8.3.3 United Kingdom
8.3.3.1 Market Trends
8.3.3.2 Market Forecast
8.3.4 Italy
8.3.4.1 Market Trends
8.3.4.2 Market Forecast
8.3.5 Spain
8.3.5.1 Market Trends
8.3.5.2 Market Forecast
8.3.6 Russia
8.3.6.1 Market Trends
8.3.6.2 Market Forecast
8.3.7 Others
8.3.7.1 Market Trends
8.3.7.2 Market Forecast
8.4Latin America
8.4.1 Brazil
8.4.1.1 Market Trends
8.4.1.2 Market Forecast
8.4.2 Mexico
8.4.2.1 Market Trends
8.4.2.2 Market Forecast
8.4.3 Others
8.4.3.1 Market Trends
8.4.3.2 Market Forecast
8.5Middle East and Africa
8.5.1 Market Trends
8.5.2 Market Breakup by Country
8.5.3 Market Forecast
9 SWOT Analysis
9.1Overview
9.2Strengths
9.3Weaknesses
9.4Opportunities
9.5Threats
10 Value Chain Analysis
11 Porters Five Forces Analysis
11.1Overview
11.2Bargaining Power of Buyers
11.3Bargaining Power of Suppliers
11.4Degree of Competition
11.5Threat of New Entrants
11.6Threat of Substitutes
12 Price Analysis
13 Competitive Landscape
13.1Market Structure
13.2Key Players
13.3Profiles of Key Players
13.3.1Accenture plc
13.3.1.1 Company Overview
13.3.1.2 Product Portfolio
13.3.1.3 Financials
13.3.1.4 SWOT Analysis
13.3.2Atos SE
13.3.2.1 Company Overview
13.3.2.2 Product Portfolio
13.3.2.3 Financials
13.3.2.4 SWOT Analysis
13.3.3Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited
13.3.3.1 Company Overview
13.3.3.2 Product Portfolio
13.3.3.3 SWOT Analysis
13.3.4Genpact
13.3.4.1 Company Overview
13.3.4.2 Product Portfolio
13.3.5HCL Technologies Limited (HCL Enterprise)
13.3.5.1 Company Overview
13.3.5.2 Product Portfolio
13.3.5.3 Financials
13.3.5.4 SWOT Analysis
13.3.6Infosys Limited
13.3.6.1 Company Overview
13.3.6.2 Product Portfolio
13.3.6.3 Financials
13.3.6.4 SWOT Analysis
13.3.7International Business Machines Corporation
13.3.7.1 Company Overview
13.3.7.2 Product Portfolio
13.3.7.3 Financials
13.3.7.4 SWOT Analysis
13.3.8Koninklijke Philips N.V.
13.3.8.1 Company Overview
13.3.8.2 Product Portfolio
13.3.8.3 Financials
13.3.8.4 SWOT Analysis
13.3.9NTT DATA Corporation (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation)
13.3.9.1 Company Overview
13.3.9.2 Product Portfolio
13.3.9.3 Financials
13.3.9.4 SWOT Analysis
13.3.10Oracle Corporation
13.3.10.1 Company Overview
13.3.10.2 Product Portfolio
13.3.10.3 Financials
13.3.10.4 SWOT Analysis
13.3.11Siemens Healthineers AG (Siemens AG)
13.3.11.1 Company Overview
13.3.11.2 Product Portfolio
13.3.11.3 Financials
13.3.11.4 SWOT Analysis
13.3.12Tata Consultancy Services Limited
13.3.12.1 Company Overview
13.3.12.2 Product Portfolio
13.3.12.3 Financials
13.3.12.4 SWOT Analysis
Figure 1: Global: Healthcare IT Consulting Market: Major Drivers and Challenges
Figure 2: Global: Healthcare IT Consulting Market: Sales Value (in Billion US$), 2017-2022
Figure 3: Global: Healthcare IT Consulting Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Billion US$), 2023-2028
Figure 4: Global: Healthcare IT Consulting Market: Breakup by Consulting Type (in %), 2022
Figure 5: Global: Healthcare IT Consulting Market: Breakup by End User (in %), 2022
Figure 6: Global: Healthcare IT Consulting Market: Breakup by Region (in %), 2022
Figure 7: Global: Healthcare IT Consulting (HCIT Change Management) Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2017 & 2022
Figure 8: Global: Healthcare IT Consulting (HCIT Change Management) Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2023-2028
Figure 9: Global: Healthcare IT Consulting (Healthcare Business Process Management) Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2017 & 2022
Figure 10: Global: Healthcare IT Consulting (Healthcare Business Process Management) Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2023-2028
Figure 11: Global: Healthcare IT Consulting (HCIT Integration and Migration) Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2017 & 2022
Figure 12: Global: Healthcare IT Consulting (HCIT Integration and Migration) Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2023-2028
Figure 13: Global: Healthcare IT Consulting (Healthcare/Medical System Security Set-Up and Risk Assessment) Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2017 & 2022
Figure 14: Global: Healthcare IT Consulting (Healthcare/Medical System Security Set-Up and Risk Assessment) Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2023-2028
Figure 15: Global: Healthcare IT Consulting (Healthcare Enterprise Reporting and Data Analytics) Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2017 & 2022
Figure 16: Global: Healthcare IT Consulting (Healthcare Enterprise Reporting and Data Analytics) Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2023-2028
Figure 17: Global: Healthcare IT Consulting (Other Consulting Types) Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2017 & 2022
Figure 18: Global: Healthcare IT Consulting (Other Consulting Types) Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2023-2028
Figure 19: Global: Healthcare IT Consulting (Hospitals and Ambulatory Care Centers) Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2017 & 2022
Figure 20: Global: Healthcare IT Consulting (Hospitals and Ambulatory Care Centers) Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2023-2028
Figure 21: Global: Healthcare IT Consulting (Diagnostic and Imaging Centers) Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2017 & 2022
Figure 22: Global: Healthcare IT Consulting (Diagnostic and Imaging Centers) Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2023-2028
Figure 23: Global: Healthcare IT Consulting (Public and Private Payers) Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2017 & 2022
Figure 24: Global: Healthcare IT Consulting (Public and Private Payers) Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2023-2028
Figure 25: Global: Healthcare IT Consulting (Other End Users) Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2017 & 2022
Figure 26: Global: Healthcare IT Consulting (Other End Users) Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2023-2028
Figure 27: North America: Healthcare IT Consulting Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2017 & 2022
Figure 28: North America: Healthcare IT Consulting Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2023-2028
Figure 29: United States: Healthcare IT Consulting Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2017 & 2022
Figure 30: United States: Healthcare IT Consulting Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2023-2028
Figure 31: Canada: Healthcare IT Consulting Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2017 & 2022
Figure 32: Canada: Healthcare IT Consulting Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2023-2028
Figure 33: Asia-Pacific: Healthcare IT Consulting Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2017 & 2022
Figure 34: Asia-Pacific: Healthcare IT Consulting Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2023-2028
Figure 35: China: Healthcare IT Consulting Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2017 & 2022
Figure 36: China: Healthcare IT Consulting Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2023-2028
Figure 37: Japan: Healthcare IT Consulting Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2017 & 2022
Figure 38: Japan: Healthcare IT Consulting Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2023-2028
Figure 39: India: Healthcare IT Consulting Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2017 & 2022
Figure 40: India: Healthcare IT Consulting Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2023-2028
Figure 41: South Korea: Healthcare IT Consulting Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2017 & 2022
Figure 42: South Korea: Healthcare IT Consulting Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2023-2028
Figure 43: Australia: Healthcare IT Consulting Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2017 & 2022
Figure 44: Australia: Healthcare IT Consulting Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2023-2028
Figure 45: Indonesia: Healthcare IT Consulting Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2017 & 2022
Figure 46: Indonesia: Healthcare IT Consulting Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2023-2028
Figure 47: Others: Healthcare IT Consulting Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2017 & 2022
Figure 48: Others: Healthcare IT Consulting Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2023-2028
Figure 49: Europe: Healthcare IT Consulting Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2017 & 2022
Figure 50: Europe: Healthcare IT Consulting Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2023-2028
Figure 51: Germany: Healthcare IT Consulting Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2017 & 2022
Figure 52: Germany: Healthcare IT Consulting Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2023-2028
Figure 53: France: Healthcare IT Consulting Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2017 & 2022
Figure 54: France: Healthcare IT Consulting Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2023-2028
Figure 55: United Kingdom: Healthcare IT Consulting Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2017 & 2022
Figure 56: United Kingdom: Healthcare IT Consulting Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2023-2028
Figure 57: Italy: Healthcare IT Consulting Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2017 & 2022
Figure 58: Italy: Healthcare IT Consulting Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2023-2028
Figure 59: Spain: Healthcare IT Consulting Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2017 & 2022
Figure 60: Spain: Healthcare IT Consulting Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2023-2028
Figure 61: Russia: Healthcare IT Consulting Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2017 & 2022
Figure 62: Russia: Healthcare IT Consulting Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2023-2028
Figure 63: Others: Healthcare IT Consulting Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2017 & 2022
Figure 64: Others: Healthcare IT Consulting Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2023-2028
Figure 65: Latin America: Healthcare IT Consulting Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2017 & 2022
Figure 66: Latin America: Healthcare IT Consulting Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2023-2028
Figure 67: Brazil: Healthcare IT Consulting Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2017 & 2022
Figure 68: Brazil: Healthcare IT Consulting Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2023-2028
Figure 69: Mexico: Healthcare IT Consulting Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2017 & 2022
Figure 70: Mexico: Healthcare IT Consulting Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2023-2028
Figure 71: Others: Healthcare IT Consulting Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2017 & 2022
Figure 72: Others: Healthcare IT Consulting Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2023-2028
Figure 73: Middle East and Africa: Healthcare IT Consulting Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2017 & 2022
Figure 74: Middle East and Africa: Healthcare IT Consulting Market: Breakup by Country (in %), 2022
Figure 75: Middle East and Africa: Healthcare IT Consulting Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2023-2028
Figure 76: Global: Healthcare IT Consulting Industry: SWOT Analysis
Figure 77: Global: Healthcare IT Consulting Industry: Value Chain Analysis
Figure 78: Global: Healthcare IT Consulting Industry: Porter's Five Forces Analysis
Table 1: Global: Healthcare IT Consulting Market: Key Industry Highlights, 2022 and 2028
Table 2: Global: Healthcare IT Consulting Market Forecast: Breakup by Consulting Type (in Million US$), 2023-2028
Table 3: Global: Healthcare IT Consulting Market Forecast: Breakup by End User (in Million US$), 2023-2028
Table 4: Global: Healthcare IT Consulting Market Forecast: Breakup by Region (in Million US$), 2023-2028
Table 5: Global: Healthcare IT Consulting Market: Competitive Structure
Table 6: Global: Healthcare IT Consulting Market: Key Players
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