That's not particularly surprising in a highly government-regulated industry. No one outside of IT is particularly interested in IT. The difference between the

That's not particularly surprising in a highly government-regulated industry. No one outside of IT is particularly interested in IT. The difference between the medical field and other non-IT fields that require IT is that those other fields are open to market pressures. Simply put, most people are lazy until they get smacked by the invisible hand. In the medical field, the invisible hand has been tied up by the government.