Survey Update: Most organizations plan to slow technology purchases this year

In light of the recent U.S. Deficit Reduction Act, most readers responding to last week’s survey (64 percent) plan to reduce their organization’s capital technology purchases. Not everyone will be deterred however, as 36 percent plan to go on spending as they would have otherwise. We’ll have to see if the changes have any large impact on the health IT industry overall.

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