An Assessment of Current Healthcare IT Application Profiles and the Future Outlook in Europe

1 Introduction
1.1 Project Objectives
1.2 Methodology
1.3 Respondent Population Switzerland: Hospitals
1.4 Projections
1.5 Definitions
1.6 Report Structure
1.7 Data Reliability

2 Executive summary

Part 1 Existing IT Healthcare Systems Usage and Application

3 Healthcare IT Systems in Hospitals in Switzerland
3.1 Workstations
3.2 Patient Administration Systems
3.2.1 Systems for Admission, Discharges and Transfers (ADT)
3.2.2 Scheduling of critical resources or facilities
3.2.3 Systems for collection & coding of information for financial & reporting purposes
3.2.4 Patient Identification Number
3.3 Medical Records - Medical Document Management Systems
3.4 Order Communication
3.4.1 Systems for clinical service order placement & receipt of results
3.4.2 Systems for storage of electronic patient records
3.4.3 Electronic links with General Practitioners
3.5 Departmental Systems
3.5.1 Radiology Information Systems (RIS)
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3.5.2 Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS)
3.5.3 Laboratory information management system- LIS/LISM
3.5.4 Pharmacy department management system
3.5.5 Electronic transmission of prescriptions
3.5.6 Electronic prescribing or ePrescribing
3.6 Clinical Infrastructure
3.6.1 Clinical Data-Warehousing
3.6.2 Digital dictation and transcription for reporting and distribution of results
3.7 Knowledge Support Systems
3.8 Healthcare IT supplier in Switzerland - An Overview
3.8.1 Supplier A
3.8.2 Supplier B
3.8.3 Supplier

4 Investments in Healthcare IT Systems in Switzerland
4.1 Patient Administration
4.1.1 Admission, Discharges and Transfers (ADT)
4.1.2 Scheduling of critical resources or facilities
4.1.3 Systems for collecting & coding of information for financial / reporting purposes
4.2 Medical Records - Medical Document Management Systems
4.3 Medical Document Management Systems
4.4 Order Communication
4.4.1 Systems for clinical service order placement & receipt of results
4.4.2 Systems for storage of electronic patient records
4.5 Departmental Systems
4.5.1 Radiology Information Systems (RIS)
4.5.2 Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS)
4.5.3 Radiology Requests & Results
4.5.4 Laboratory information management system- LIS/LISM
4.5.5 Laboratory Requests & Results
4.5.6 Pharmacy department management system
4.5.7 Electronic transmission of prescriptions
4.5.8 Electronic prescribing or ePrescribing
4.6 Clinical Infrastructure
4.6.1 Clinical Data-Warehousing
4.6.2 Digital dictation and transcription for reporting and distribution of results
4.7 Knowledge Support Systems

Part 3 Issues Surrounding Healthcare IT Development

5 Integration Issues : Current Situation and Future Outlooks

6 ePrescribing
7 Business Process Re-Engineering (BPR) -
Patient or clinical process redesign and change management

8 Workflow management

9 Factors Driving ICT Investments

10.1 Factors relevant for current ICT Investments
10.2 Factors relevant for future ICT Investments
10.2 Financial and Budget related issues