Hospitals are low margin&#x2F;break even because they choose to be - but that&#x27;s another topic.<p>&gt;IT security doesn&#x27;t really produce any revenue.<p>Hospitals (and the health care industry at large) has been drowning in billions-with-a-B federal and state dollars since ARRA. All in the name of &quot;meaningful use&quot; of health information technology. HIT is very much a revenue model for hospitals.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;healthaffairs.org&#x2F;blog&#x2F;2015&#x2F;03&#x2F;04&#x2F;where-is-hitechs-35-billion-dollar-investment-going&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;healthaffairs.org&#x2F;blog&#x2F;2015&#x2F;03&#x2F;04&#x2F;where-is-hitechs-35...</a><p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.health.ny.gov&#x2F;technology&#x2F;efficiency_and_affordability_law&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.health.ny.gov&#x2F;technology&#x2F;efficiency_and_affordab...</a><p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.hrsa.gov&#x2F;ruralhealth&#x2F;resources&#x2F;healthit&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.hrsa.gov&#x2F;ruralhealth&#x2F;resources&#x2F;healthit&#x2F;</a><p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ehrinstitute.org&#x2F;articles.lib&#x2F;items&#x2F;Grants-for-EHR-Imple" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ehrinstitute.org&#x2F;articles.lib&#x2F;items&#x2F;Grants-for-EH...</a><p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;calhipso.org&#x2F;news-and-updates&#x2F;more-than-1-2-million-in-affordable-care-act-funds-granted-to-calhipso-partners&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;calhipso.org&#x2F;news-and-updates&#x2F;more-than-1-2-million-i...</a><p>###<p>* re: operating margins TIME magazine puts margins at an average operating margin of not-for-profit hospitals is 11.7 percent.<p>According to the AHA Annual Survey, the average operating margin of all hospitals was 5.5 percent in 2011.<p>So, the industry themselves declare 5.5% margin for non-profit hospitals, a healthy margin for any non-profit entity.