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None of that really makes money for a hospital. Most of what hospitals do is direct, hands-on patient care. Software improvements can at best deliver some small cost savings or slight reductions in clinical errors. And many hospitals are non-profit or government run, so there's not even a direct management incentive to improve financial performance.

Do you know what makes money for a hospital? Buying a new MRI machine. They can directly charge customers for scans. In budget planning cycles any proposed IT upgrades have to compete against stuff like that.