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Infotech Lead Middle East: Healthcare expenditures in KSA are expected to increase by 16 percent, from SAR 78.63 billion in 2011 to SAR 91.23 billion in 2012, driven by aggressive public sector investments in healthcare facilities.
The medical devices sector, on the other hand, will sustain a 17.9 percent growth, reaching SAR 6.53 billion in 2012 from SAR 5.54 billion in the previous year. The increase in healthcare spend has attracted the attention of global healthcare suppliers and manufacturers, while giving KSA’s healthcare sector better access to the latest state-of-the-art medical technologies and value-added services.
Demand for healthcare IT solutions for managing critical data assets has registered considerable growth in KSA in light of the government’s aggressive healthcare expenditure, according to CompuGroup Medical, one of the world’s leading eHealth companies. Taking advantage of the excellent market conditions, CGM has intensified its growth plans in KSA by developing custom-built eHealth solutions that cater to the specific needs of hospitals and other healthcare institutions in KSA.
“The aggressive government and private expenditure on healthcare has created a corresponding boost in demand for sophisticated healthcare IT solutions. As hospitals and other medical facilities increasingly use more advanced medical devices and techniques, they likewise need to adopt comprehensive healthcare IT solutions that will enable them to function efficiently and achieve greater productivity,” said Thomas Reitmayr, vice president – Business Development CompuGroup Medical Middle East.
CompuGroup Medical intends to complement the aggressive adoption of modern healthcare technologies in the KSA by providing scalable IT products and solutions that will empower healthcare providers to further raise the quality of their services.
