The Healthcare Analytics Market is forecast to reach $29.84 billion by 2022, from $8.92 billion in 2017, according to analysts at Reports & Reports.

That’s equivalent to a CAGR of 27.3% during 2017-2022 driven by the increasing government initiatives to increase EHR adoption, growing pressure to curb healthcare costs, availability of big data in healthcare, increasing venture capital investments, rising focus on improving patient outcomes and technological advancements.

The healthcare analytics market is highly competitive, with the presence of several small and big players, including Allscripts (US), Cerner (US), Health Catalyst (US), IBM (US), Inovalon (US), McKesson (US), MedeAnalytics (US), Optum (US), Oracle (US), SAS (US), Wipro (India), Verscend (US), CitusTech (US), VitreosHealth (US) and SCIO Health (US).

In 2017, North America is expected to account for the largest share of the market, followed by Europe. This regional segment is expected to register the highest CAGR during the forecast period. Factors such as growing federal healthcare mandates to curb rising healthcare costs and provide quality care; increasing regulatory requirements; growing EHR adoption; and rising government initiatives focusing on personalised medicine, population health management, and value-based reimbursements are expected to drive market growth in North America.

Based on the component, Reports & Reports breaks the healthcare analytics market is segmented into services, software, and hardware. The services segment accounted for the largest share of the healthcare analytics market in 2016. With the increasing need for business analytics services and the introduction of technologically advanced healthcare analytics software, which requires extensive training to use as well as regular upgrades, the services segment is expected to grow at the highest CAGR during the forecast period.

By type, the Healthcare Analytics/Medical Analytics Market is segmented into descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive analytics. The prescriptive analytics segment is expected grow at a highest CAGR during the forecast period. The high growth of this segment is attributed to the ability of prescriptive analytics to ensure the synergistic integration of predictions and prescriptions.

Finally, based on application, the healthcare analytics market is segmented into clinical analytics, financial analytics, operational and administrative analytics, and population health analytics. Financial analytics are expected to hold the largest share of the market in 2017. Financial analytics market is segmented into revenue cycle management; claims processing; payment integrity and fraud, waste, & abuse (FWA); and risk adjustment and risk assessment.

Due to the rising focus of payers on the early detection of fraud and reducing preventable costs, the market for fraud analytics is expected to register a significant growth during the forecast period, therefore driving the market for financial analytics.