One provider, Epicor, posted a 13 percent profit increase in Q3 in part due to the uptake of end-to-end services within the aged care sector over the past year.

While there was across-the-board sales growth in manufacturing, retail distribution and professional services, the greatest success has come from the healthcare sector, particularly aged care.

Epicor regional director, Charles Hamilton, said the federal government mandate has kick-started efforts to implement IT systems in nursing homes. "DoHA wants to professionalize the industry and we are benefiting," he said.

But it has also increased competition with all the major providers making a play in this sector.

Last week Masonic Homes Inc. rolled out the Epicor Senior Living Solution (SLS) in two locations in South Australia and the Northern Territory. Masonic Homes' chief executive officer, Doug Strain, said the system had previously been deployed across 40 sites nationally, but the implementation puts Masonic Homes between six and 12 months ahead of its competitors in both states in terms of ICT capabilities.