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Technology Opportunities in the North American Healthcare Market

Published by: Datamonitor

Published: Dec. 8, 2005 - 103 Pages


Table of Contents


TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3

Introduction 3

Market context 3

Key industry trends impacting healthcare in North America 3

Key technology trends impacting healthcare in North America 4

The future decoded 4

Competitive dynamics 6

CHAPTER 2 INTRODUCTION 15

What is this report about? 15

Who is the target reader? 16

How to use this report 16

CHAPTER 3 MARKET CONTEXT 17

Introduction 17

Key findings 18

Defining the North American healthcare provider and payer industry 19

Key industry trends impacting healthcare in North America 19

Greater role of governments in setting national healthcare IT agendas 20

Increasing role of individuals as consumers in the selection and financing of their healthcare 22

Continuing focus on not only quality but also the efficacy of quality 23

Continuing downward cost pressures 24

Key technology trends impacting healthcare in North America 25

Working toward the electronic medical records (EMR) and electronic health records (EHR) vision 25

Addressing underlying data integration and standardization challenges 29

Portal technologies to facilitate relationships between and among stakeholders 31

The changing view of patients as consumers drives investment in customer-facing technologies 34

Telehealth technologies will continue to address the issues of access, prevention, and chronic disease management 36

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems driving the back office 38

Digital imaging moves beyond radiology and Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS) 39

Structure and expenditures of North American healthcare systems 40

North America in the international context 40

Canada 45

United States 50

CHAPTER 4 THE FUTURE DECODED 56

Introduction 56

Key findings 57

North American healthcare provider technology spending 58

US healthcare providers 59

US provider IT spending by technology 61

US provider IT spending by end user 70

US healthcare payers 75

US payer IT spending by technology 77

Canada healthcare providers 84

CHAPTER 5 COMPETITIVE DYNAMICS 87

IT services firm in the spotlight 87

Other healthcare vendor trends 88

Summary IT services firms profiles 89

Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) 90

First Consulting Group (FCG) 91

IBM 92

Key vendors serving the North American healthcare industry 93

CHAPTER 6 APPENDIX 97

Sources cited 97

Abbreviations and acronyms 98

Research methodology 100

Datamonitor Healthcare Technology Decision maker Panels 100

Datamonitor eHealth Consumer Insight Survey 101

Datamonitor eHealth Physician Insight Survey 101

Related readings 101

SPP writing team 102

How to contact experts in your industry 103



LIST OF TABLES

Table 1: Comparison of North American and European total healthcare expenditures as a % of GDP, 2000-2003 43

Table 2: Comparison of North American and European total healthcare expenditures per capita, 2000-2003 44

Table 3: North American healthcare provider IT spending by country, 2005-2010 (millions USD) 59

Table 4: US healthcare provider total IT spending, 2005-2010 (millions USD) 60

Table 5: Mapping IT to address specific provider business challenges 62

Table 6: US healthcare provider total IT spending by technology, 2005-2010 (millions USD) 63

Table 7: US healthcare provider hardware spending by sub-segment, 2005-2010 (millions USD) 65

Table 8: US healthcare provider software spending by sub-segment, 2005-2010 (millions USD) 67

Table 9: US healthcare provider IT services spending by sub-segment, 2005-2010 (millions USD) 70

Table 10: US healthcare provider IT spending by end user segment, 2005-2010 (millions USD) 72

Table 11: US healthcare payer total IT spending, 2005-2010 (millions USD) 76

Table 12: US healthcare payer IT spending by technology, 2005-2010 (millions USD) 79

Table 13: US healthcare payer hardware spending by sub-segment, 2005-2010 (millions USD) 81

Table 14: US healthcare payer software spending by sub-segment, 2005-2010 (millions USD) 82

Table 15: US healthcare payer IT services spending by sub-segment, 2005-2010 (millions USD) 84

Table 16: Canada healthcare provider total IT spending, 2005-2010 (millions USD) 85

Table 17: Canada healthcare provider IT spending by technology, 2005-2010 (millions USD) 86

Table 18: Technology vendors in the Canada healthcare industry 95





LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 1: Top obstacles in integrating electronic medical records 27

Figure 2: Payer funding of stakeholders, past and future 32

Figure 3: Providing services to physicians via portal solutions 34

Figure 4: Consumer interest in online disease management and compliance tools 38

Figure 5: Comparison of North American and European total healthcare expenditures as a % of GDP, 2003 41

Figure 6: Comparison of North American and European total healthcare expenditures per capita, 2003 (USD) 42

Figure 7: Total healthcare spending in Canada (billions USD) 47

Figure 8: Total healthcare spending in Canada, as % of GDP 48

Figure 9: Total healthcare spending in Canada, public vs. private (inflation-adjusted spending) (billions USD) 49

Figure 10: Total healthcare spending in Canada, by type of expenditure (% proportion) 50

Figure 11: Total healthcare spending in the US (billions USD) 52

Figure 12: Total healthcare spending in the US, as % of GDP (billions USD) 53

Figure 13: Total healthcare spending in the US, public vs. private (billions USD) 54

Figure 14: Total healthcare spending in US, by type of expenditure, 2003 (billions USD) 55

Figure 15: North American healthcare provider IT spending by country, 2005 (%) 59

Figure 16: US healthcare provider total IT spending, 2005-2010 (millions USD) 60

Figure 17: US healthcare provider IT spending by technology, 2005-2010 (millions USD) 63

Figure 18: US healthcare provider hardware spending by sub-segment, 2005 (%) 65

Figure 19: US healthcare provider software spending by sub-segment, 2005 (%) 67

Figure 20: US healthcare provider IT services spending by sub-segment, 2005 (%) 69

Figure 21: US healthcare provider IT spending by end user segment, 2005-2010 (millions USD) 71

Figure 22: US healthcare payer total IT spending, 2005-2010 (millions USD) 76

Figure 23: Translating healthcare payer challenges into technology investments 78

Figure 24: US healthcare payer IT spending by technology, 2005-2010 (millions USD) 79

Figure 25: US healthcare payer hardware spending by sub-segment, 2005 (%) 80

Figure 26: US healthcare payer software spending by sub-segment, 2005 (%) 82

Figure 27: US healthcare payer IT services spending by sub-segment, 2005 (%) 83

Figure 28: Canada healthcare provider total IT spending, 2005-2010 (millions USD) 85

Figure 29: Canada healthcare provider IT spending by technology, 2005-2010 (millions USD) 86





Abstract

Introduction
Healthcare providers and payers in the US and Canada are accelerating their spending on IT, largely driven by national drives toward electronic medical record (EMR) adoption. This Datamonitor report forecasts and analyzes the IT opportunity for vendors serving the North American healthcare industry. Analysis includes industry and technology trends, market forecast, and competitive dynamics.

Scope
End-user segments include healthcare providers and payers
Geographic coverage includes the US and Canada
Research methodology based in part on Datamonitor's Healthcare Technology Decision maker Panels and eHealth Consumer & Physician Insight Surveys
Highlights
Through 2010, Datamonitor expects that IT spending among US healthcare providers will experience a 7.4% five-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR), with physician offices driving some of this growth.

Key business pain points that directly drive technology investments among payers include claims processing, customer service, and consumer-directed healthcare.

IT spending among healthcare providers in Canada will experience an 8.1% five-year CAGR.

Reasons to Purchase
Monitor shifts in IT investments that healthcare organizations are making
Identify the most promising sub-segments of the healthcare industry for your company's offerings
Understand high-level shifts and implications in the healthcare vendor landscape


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