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Intraoperative Imaging Becomes Vital HIT Infrastructure Tool

Intraopertative imaging is expected to grow in HIT infrastructure over the next several years as healthcare organizations seek to improve surgical procedures.

HIT infrastructure adopts intraoperative imaging for better surgical procedures.

By Elizabeth O'Dowd

- The intraoperative imaging market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 5 percent through 2021 as healthcare organizations seek to add the solutions to their health IT infrastructure, according to a recent Markets and Markets report.

The report stated that the growth of the market can be attributed to healthcare specific issues, including growth in the aging population, rising burden of chronic diseases with changing lifestyles, increasing preference and demand for minimally invasive surgeries (MIS), and expanding applications of neurosurgery and orthopedic surgery.

While the market is expected to grow, report authors suggested that the general high cost of intraoperative imaging equipment may actually have a negative impact on the market as a whole.