A new study from Orem health care research and consulting firm KLAS Research and Bain & Co., a Boston-based consultancy firm, shows U.S. health care providers and payers are boosting their investment in AI, cybersecurity and other IT areas to support innovation and improve operations. The survey of about 150 U.S. health care provider and payer executives found 75 percent have increased IT investments over the past year, a trend that is likely to continue. These are among the findings of Bain and KLAS in their “2024 Healthcare IT Spending Study.”

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