
Healthcare IT is a collective term used for solutions offered by information technology in the healthcare industry. These solutions offer better data management and secure exchange of health information among customers, governments, providers and insurers. There is a huge demand of general applications such as electronic health and medical record system and computerized physician order entry system along with specialized solutions such as clinical trials management system, data mining system and clinical decision support system. Applications such as Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS) and Radiology Information Systems (RIS) are used to store and manage patient scans and images. In addition, software solutions such as hospital information systems, ambulatory care management systems, EMR, HER, e-prescribing systems and patient management systems are being widely adopted by hospitals and clinics to provide better patient care.