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U.S. Health Industry 2007 Top 10 PredictionsPublished by: IDC Published: Jan. 3, 2007 - 22 Pages Table of ContentsTable of Contents Predictions In This Report Industry Definitions Situation Overview Figure: Health Industry Movement from a Value Chain to an Interconnected Model Future Outlook Predictions Prediction #1: Decision Making at the Point of Care or Service Will Drive Demand for Real-Time Analytics Process Analytical Technologies Initiatives Will Drive Pharmaceutical Manufacturer Investment in Real-Time Analytics Dividends from Personal Health Research Will Begin to Find Their Way into the Commercial Software Products Payers Will Prioritize Real-Time Technology Investments in PBHRs and Provider Payment Initiatives Payer-Based Health Records Transaction Processing Prediction #2: Knowledge-Based Processes Will Expand Across the Health Value Chain, Including Specific Efforts Supporting Personalized Health Payers Will Use Personalized Health Information in Benefit, Financial Decisions in 2007 Payers Will Expand Member Portal Capabilities to Include Personal Health Records and Targeted Web Search Capabilities Based on Consumer Health Status Prediction #3: Pay for Performance Initiatives Will Drive Significant IT Investments in Electronic Information Sharing Technologies FFS Agreements Between Pharma Manufacturers and Wholesalers Will Drive Data Integration and Data Mining Investments Large, Self-Insured Employers Will Begin to Offer Grants to Providers in Their Networks Who Invest in Electronic Medical Records and Participate in Their Pay for Performance Programs Payer-Sponsored Pay for Performance Programs Will Consolidate in 2007 Prediction #4: Market Convergence ? of Healthcare Business and Technology Markets and Business Technology Processes ? Will Increase Wholesalers Will Increasingly Build IT Services into Product Portfolios to Diversify Revenue Streams Standards Will Demonstrate the Value of Integrating EDC and Electronic Health Records HF and UHF Will Decide to Be Friends More Pharma Distributors Will Enter the HIT Market, Particularly the PPM/EMR Subsegment, Through Acquisition In General, 2007 Will See Further Consolidation of the Provider IT Product Market Two Models of Payer Convergence within Our Markets Will Emerge in 2007 Acquisition New Partnerships Prediction #5: Mobility Technology Maturity Will Create an On-Demand Healthcare Environment Electronic Case Report Forms (eCRF) Will Move Out of the Back Office and into the Examination Room Medicare Will Increase Funding and Raise the Visibility of Pilot Programs to Evaluate the Quality and Cost Impact of Remote Patient Monitoring in Multiple Chronic Disease Categories Mobile Point of Care Device Market Will Surge Consumer Adoption Will Increase as PHRs Become More Interoperable and Portable Prediction #6: Security Investments Will Focus on Protecting Health Information Delivered Through Web Services The Success of EDC Will Stress Existing Authentication Implementations of 21 CFR Part 11 DHHS Will Begin a Concerted Effort to Enforce HIPAA Privacy and Security Guidelines Prediction #7: Payers Will Increase Their Investments in Stakeholder IT to Advance Collaboration Across the Ecosystem The Value-Based Pricing Model and Transparency Mandate Pay for Performance Consolidation Cost and Quality Improvement Through Data Sharing Prediction #8: Profiling Diagnostics Will Begin to Go Mainstream, with Initiation of Significant Regulatory Changes Put in Place Prediction #9: In 2007, 50% of All New Clinical Trials Will Utilize Electronic Data Capture (EDC) Prediction #10: Essential Guidance For Producers For Providers For Payers Learn More Related Research Synopsis AbstractThis Health Industry Insights report identifies the major trends in 2007 that will impact the overall health ecosystem, transforming business and technology. The overarching theme for our predictions is that the data integration and interoperability will force major changes in IT spending. Driving this imperative will be a sharpened industry focus on cost containment, quality improvement, and patient safety. "Across the health industry, pay for performance initiatives will drive significant IT investment by the various stakeholders," according to Scott Lundstrom, vice president of research, Health Industry Insights. Get Full Details About This Report >> |
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