Abstract
This IDC study focuses on the investment, implementation strategies, and plans
embraced by acute care providers in Canada. The use of IT in Canadian hospitals
has increased in recent years but is still evolving from an IT portfolio that
consisted primarily of administrative and financial applications to one that
integrates clinical and administrative systems designed to address the
continuum of patient care. Acute care providers use a suite of
non-healthcare-specific applications to support the core administrative and
financial applications and a suite of healthcare-specific applications to
support the unique requirements of hospital and clinical functions.
Jan Duffy, research director, Health Industry Insights said, "Many acute care
executives recognize that existing systems are unlikely to support the changes
that are needed and that achieving a higher level of sophistication and
maturity in IT use is an important issue. IDC' s Health Industry Insights
five-stage maturity model will help hospital executives to understand the
evolution of healthcare IT, but IT vendors will need to ensure that products
and services are designed to facilitate the extensive interoperability and
integration needs of the acute care community."
Table of Contents
- Table of Contents
- IDC Opinion
- In This Study
- Situation Overview
- Improvements to Patient Care a High Priority
- IT Support for Business Goals
- Figure: Acute Care: Top 3 Areas of IT Focus for 2008-2009
- Figure: Acute Care: Most Important Factors in Supporting Business Goals and Objectives
- Figure: Acute Care: Non-Healthcare-Specific Applications Currently Being Used
- Figure: Acute Care: Healthcare-Specific Applications Currently in Use
- Use of External Consultants Is Commonplace in Acute Care
- Figure: Acute Care: Use of External Consultants
- Figure: Acute Care: Type of External Advisors Used
- Figure: Acute Care: Services Provided by External Consultants
- Future Outlook
- How Mature Is the Applications Environment in Acute Care?
- Figure: Healthcare IT Applications Maturity Model
- Figure: Acute Care: Planned Investment in Non-Healthcare-Specific Applications in 2008-2009
- Figure: Acute Care: Planned Investment in Healthcare-Specific Applications in 2008-2009
- Acute Care' s Planned Approach to Application Investment and Implementation
- Figure: Acute Care: Preferred Investment Approach - Non-Healthcare-Specific Applications
- Figure: Acute Care: Preferred Implementation Approach - Non-Healthcare-Specific Applications
- Figure: Acute Care: Preferred Investment Approach - Healthcare-Specific Applications
- Figure: Acute Care: Preferred Implementation Approach - Healthcare-Specific Applications
- Essential Guidance
- Actions to Be Considered by Vendors
- Learn More
- Related Research
- Synopsis
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