Internal weaknesses, however, include a lack of information system integration, user resistance to new technologies and processes, and slow adoption of IT. Internal strengths supporting further industry investment in IT include improved patient safety, greater operational efficiency, and current investments in IT infrastructure. Using the popular strategic analysis tool of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats analysis (SWOT), facing the healthcare industry and its adoption of information technologies (IT) are presented. Analysts, practitioners, patients and others have concerns for the industry. This detailed SWOT analysis of the USA’s Information Technology (IT) industry aims to provide readers with a comprehensive insight into the strengths and the weaknesses of the USA’s Information Technology (IT) industry.AbstractThe healthcare industry is under pressure to improve patient safety, operate more efficiently, reduce medical errors, and provide secure access to timely information while controlling costs, protecting patient privacy, and complying with legal guidelines. Strengths of the USA’s Information Technology (IT) industry It also aims to examine the tech opportunities the country should explore and the threats it needs to keep an eye on. The USA is one of most technologically advanced countries and houses some of the hottest and biggest tech companies in the world.
No other country in the world can match such a gigantic and extremely impressive portfolio!įor instance, Alphabet (Google), Amazon, Facebook, Salesforce, Uber, Apple, Netflix, Dell, Workday, Twitter, Oracle, and Cisco to name but a few. There were approximately 12.1 million people working in the USA’ tech industry in 2019.
According to The Internet Association (cited in Shepardson, 2019) the Internet sector contributed approximately $2.1 trillion to the U.S.
economy in 2018 which represented around 10% of the country’s GDP. This sector alone had 6 million direct jobs and facilitated another 13 million jobs indirectly.
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