If you intend to ask your CEO for more healthcare spending money to boost IT security, you're on the right track.

Most of the respondents to TechTarget's recent healthcare purchasing survey indicated that security will top their investment priority list for the rest of the year -- a trend that may pick up even more steam, given a pair of recent high-end breaches of patient records.

Our nonscientific poll offers a snapshot of health IT spending plans, with hospitals, providers and insurance carriers also looking to devote funds for:

Analytics and big data

Compliance, especially as it concerns HIPAA and ICD-10

Cloud services and applications

Mobile health

This infographic details these top five healthcare spending areas for IT, with in-depth details about areas of investment and prominent vendors.