From an accounting and compliance perspective, not complying might make sense depending on the cost of upgrading systems. Hospitals and healthcare networks are

From an accounting and compliance perspective, not complying might make sense depending on the cost of upgrading systems. Hospitals and healthcare networks are going to upgrade their systems piecemeal and hodgepodge as their funding allows and pay the fines in the meantime. It'll be a good time to work in healthcare IT consulting. I'd imagine revenue will increase as EMR and so on require updates due to changes in regulation, assuming that we continue this trend.