A Special Feature on U.S. healthcare information technology in 2011. Source: Modern Healthcare/Modern Physician 22nd annual Survey of Executive Opinions on Key Information Technology Issues. Published Feb. 20, 2012, p. S1.

Presented in aggregate, this analysis of healthcare IT is based on executive's opinions in response to the Modern Healthcare/Modern Physician Survey of Executive Opinions on Key Information Technology Issues conducted online from Nov. 16, 2011 through Jan. 20, 2012.

This six-page package includes the following data charts that were published in the Feb. 20 issue of Modern Healthcare:

• Percentage of Capital Budget Spent on IT Assets
  Illustrates the percentage of respondents within a budget range (%)
• Status Check for IT Projects
  Illustrates the organizational status for IT projects
• Planned but not started
• Implementation starts within 12 months
• Implementation in progress
• Implemented/operational
• Not contemplated
• Top 10 IT System Priorities During the Next 24 Months
  Illustrates the largest priorities by percentage of respondents
• Percentage of Organizations' Total Operating Budget Allocated for Information Systems
  Illustrates the percentage of respondents within a budget range (%)
• Weighing Privacy
  Illustrates how the federal stimulus law's more stringent privacy provisions affect respondents' organizations
• What's Hot in IT
  Illustrates "hot button" priorities for respondents