ICTO officials also announced that they will work with BPAP and HIMOAP to build a roadmap that will stabilize the future of healthcare outsourcing and other promising sectors. By 2016, HIMOAP projects an additional 100,000 full-time employees and a market share of US$1 billion for the HIM industry, a conservative figure compared to the US$72 billion offshoring opportunity forecast in the US.

In November, HIMOAP will host the 3rd Healthcare Information Management Outsourcing Services Congress (HIMOSC), the biggest healthcare outsourcing event that will gather industry leaders, experts, and the business community to exchange insights on the developments, innovations, and opportunities leading to sustainable industry growth.

"We have already achieved much but we will continue to expand and innovate," said HIMOAP chairman Jeff Williams. "I am very optimistic about the future of this sector and confident that our unparalleled clinical workforce will enable us to become the world leader in the growing healthcare services outsourcing arena."