It will surprise precisely no one that there's been a steady and significant growth in the size of hospital IT departments in recent years. HIMSS Analytics data shows that staff sizes have grown considerably, from an average of 24 full-time equivalents in 2008, to 35 FTEs in 2012.
That, of course, is "primarily driven by the fact that we have so many more systems being deployed," says HIMSS Analytics Executive Vice President John Hoyt.
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