What health tech trends CIOs are focused on in 2023

Here are nine major industry trends and priorities that CIOs are trying to address in 2023, ranging from increased investments in virtual reality to being laser-focused on the IT workforce shortages. For clarity, responses have been minimally modified. Staffing shortages: According to hospital CIOs, IT staffing continues to be a significant concern as health institutions compete for talent with software firms and budgets are squeezed by growing salaries. Burnout, retention issues, and personnel shortages are the main things Darrell Bodnar, CIO of North Country Healthcare in Whitefield, New Hampshire, is focusing on. "Even though this won't be resolved for many years, I think it's being addressed, and developments and inventions over the coming year will assist to make things better.