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Healthcare Industry in North America has risen rapidly since 2000 and continues to rise faster than the economy as a whole and worker’s earnings. Healthcare expenditure in the US has been the highest in the past decade when compared to other countries and is expected to outpace the Gross Domestic Product growth over the next 10 years.

As increase in health insurance premium continues to outpace the growth in workers’ wages, workers are spending a larger percentage of their wages on health insurance. Government is also pushing more of the costs onto citizens through higher statutory payments or higher direct contributions under the universal health coverage plan.

The report forecasts the IT spending of the Healthcare Industry in North America over the period 2007-2013. It is meant for IT vendors and intends to help them identify selling opportunities in the Healthcare Industry in North America. The report identifies key business issues being faced by the Healthcare Industry in North America.

Further, the identified sales drivers can be used to penetrate these accounts or increase current share of the customer's wallet.