Overview

• Released at the CII HospiTech 2025 summit in Mumbai, the CII‑EY HealthTech Survey 2025 reports nearly half of providers already devote 20–50% of IT budgets to digital innovation.
• Hospitals expect to lift innovation spending by roughly 20–25% over the next two to three years, with top priorities including better clinical outcomes, data‑driven decisions, and improved patient experience.
• AI funding is broad‑based, with more than 70% investing in clinical documentation and analysis, 64% in decision support, and 60% in imaging, indicating a shift from pilots to scalable deployments.
• Key challenges cited include workforce upskilling by about 60% of hospitals, resistance to change, integration with legacy systems, data management, hardware and storage limitations, and cybersecurity concerns.
• Adoption of the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission remains uneven, with 50% partially implemented and 40% planning, and the report recommends EY’s 5S framework to guide phased scaling of smart hospitals.