Abstract
This Health Industry Insights report is the first of a four-part series on our healthcare IT maturity model for Western European hospitals and describes where 16 countries rank in this model. The countries are Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. Future reports will examine the market segmentation of leaders, followers, and laggards.
Northern European hospitals lead the region, while continental Europe and Spain follow. "The Western European hospitals are in the midst of a journey to become digital virtual enterprises," states Lynne A. Dunbrack, program director, Health Industry Insights. "They are caught between the effort to optimize and automate their internal administrative and clinical processes and the country-level efforts to spur coordination for the establishment of national electronic health records as the foundation of remote and home care services. Lack of coordination and anemic funding have slowed down smaller countries so far."
Table of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Health Industry Insights Opinion
- In This Report
- Analytical Framework - the Healthcare IT Maturity Model
- Figure: Healthcare IT Maturity Model
- Methodology
- Situation Overview
- European Healthcare: Still a Hospital-Centered System
- Table: Western Europe Healthcare and Hospital Services Expenditure by Country
- Figure: Number of Hospitals in Western Europe by Country, 1990 and 2004
- Table: Western Europe Hospital Sector Demographics by Country
- Table: Western Europe Hospital Sector Business Indicators by Country
- Health IT Maturity: The Western European Perspective
- Figure: Healthcare IT Maturity Model in Western Europe
- Future Outlook
- Transforming the Traditional Hospital
- Future Hospital IT
- Figure: Top Business Priorities for Hospitals in Western Europe
- Figure: Top IT Challenges for Hospitals in Western Europe
- Figure: Enterprise and Industry-Specific Solution Investment in Hospitals in Western Europe
- Figure: Adoption of WiFi Networks in Hospitals in Western Europe
- Figure: Adoption of RFID in Hospitals in Western Europe
- Two Good Practices: Asklepios and St. Olav' s Hospital
- Asklepios
- St. Olav' s Hospital
- Transforming the Traditional Hospital
- Essential Guidance
- For Hospital CXOs: Extracting Value from IT Innovation
- For ICT Vendors: Maximizing Effectiveness of Hospital Focused Go to Markets
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- Related Research
- Synopsis

