Technology Spending Plans in UK Healthcare

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1 A Datamonitor report Technology Spending Plans in UK Healthcare Technology decision-maker panel Published: Jul-05 Product Code: DMTC1130 Providing you with: An examination of the drivers for providers' IT strategies and IT spend allocation. Both current and future spending and sourcing strategies are identified Use this report to... Improve your understanding of healthcare providers' approach to ICT purchasing and deployments Discussions about the penetration and potential of wireless, call center, VoIP, storage, media and security solutions within the healthcare environment Analysis of the development of outsourcing and whether it is likely to be a priority in the future A sample drawn from NHS hospitals, private hospitals, primary care trusts and long-term care institutions across all areas of the UK

2 Technology Spending Plans in UK Healthcare Technology decision-maker panel DMTC1130 Introduction Following in-depth interviews with 100 UK healthcare providers, this end-user study provides IT vendors with valuable insight into the healthcare sector's IT strategy and spending plans. The survey also focuses on providers' propensity to outsource, their infrastructure investment and IT purchasing process. Key findings and highlights With tightening budgets and constant pressure to improve standards of care, providers are increasingly looking to IT to contain costs and maximize efficiency, rather than generate revenue. Implementing clinical information systems, such as EHR and PACS, currently rank as the most important spending priority among providers. In , the majority of available ICT budgets will have either increased or remained flat. While growth will be somewhat tempered in , this trend will remain similar. Encouragingly for vendors, there is good visibility into 2007 IT budgets, with decreases appearing unlikely. Reasons to buy Insight into healthcare providers' approach to ICT purchasing and deployments will enable vendors to focus their sales efforts effectively Indication of current and future budget allocation will provide important insight into councils' current capacity to invest in technology solutions Overview of providers' existing technology infrastructure and future roadmap will enable you to improve your solution positioning Contact us... From Europe: tel: fax: From Germany: tel: fax: From the US: tel: fax: From Asia Pacific: tel: fax: apinfo@datamonitor.com

3 Sample pages from the report IT Strategy and Spending Plans 1a&b. How important are the following factors as drivers to increasing the use of IT? % of respondents 35% 30% 25% 20% 15% 10% 5% 0 Primary care trust/ Long-term care Public hospital 1a&b. Private How hospital important are the following factors as drivers doctor s surgery institution/hospice to increasing the use of IT? Revenue growth is not a particularly revenue influential growth? driver to increase reducing IT organizational costs? spending. With tightening 35% budgets and constant pressure to improve 35% standards of care, providers 30% are increasingly looking to IT to 30% contain costs 25% and maximize efficiency, rather than generate revenue. Datamonitor revenue growth? Don t know Level of importance (1=most important, 5=least important) Datamonitor % of respondents 35% 30% 25% 20% 15% 10% 5% 0 reducing organizational costs? Don t know Level of importance (1=most important, 5=least important) IT Strategy and Spending Plans % of respondents 20% 15% 10% 5% Don t know Level of importance (1=most important, 5=least important) % of respondents 25% 20% 15% 10% 5% 0 Primary care trust/ Long-term care Public hospital 6. How Private is hospital your 2005 IT spending institution/hospicesplit between types doctor s surgery of technologies? Revenue growth is not a particularly influential driver to increase IT 8% spending. With tightening budgets and constant pressure to improve 34% standards of care, providers 24% are increasingly looking to IT to contain costs and maximize efficiency, rather than generate revenue Don t know Level of importance (1=most important, 5=least important) IT Strategy and Spending Plans 12 Hardware Software Business services and integration Maintenance Outsourcing 12% 22% As a proportion of their budgets, providers have allocated the largest amount of funding to hardware, followed by software and then services. This follows the general fiscal trend among healthcare providers across Europe. High expenditures on hardware reflect the fact that the healthcare sector has been slow to invest in IT and is therefore at an early point in the adoption cycle. Datamonitor 28 Request more sample pages...for FREE! From Europe: tel: fax: tcmarketing@datamonitor.com From Germany: tel: fax: deinfo@datamonitor.com From the US: tel: fax: ustcmarketing@datamonitor.com From Asia Pacific: tel: fax: apinfo@datamonitor.com

4 Technology Spending Plans in UK Healthcare Technology decision-maker panel DMTC1130 Table of contents STUDY BACKGROUND EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Sample breakdown IT STRATEGY AND SPENDING PLANS How important are the following factors as drivers to increasing your use of IT? - Revenue growth - Reducing organizational costs - Leadership and innovation - Recruitment and retention of doctors and nurses - Regulatory requirements What are your top IT spending priorities in 2004? Is it a priority to use IT in the following areas? - Nursing area - Patient services area - Radiology/laboratory - Emergency room - Surgical services - Pharmacy - Administration area (HR, finance) - Materials management area - Admission/transfer/discharge area How is your IT budget changing between 2005 and 2006? How is your IT budget changing between 2006 and 2007? How is your 2005 IT spending split between types of technologies? How is your spending divided between types of software? How is your spending divided between types of hardware? INFRASTRUCTURE Wireless solutions - Do you have any wireless solutions? If not, what are your plans to implement these solutions? - If you are planning to implement wireless solutions, will you wire-enable the following: Prescriptions, patient charts or medical records, clinical trial documentation? - If you are planning to implement wireless solutions, how important a driver are the following factors? Reducing data entry Improving point-of-care decision-making Clinical information systems Reducing medical error - If you are not planning to implement wireless solutions, how important are the following factors? Expense Security and interference concerns Immaturity of available technology Staff resistance - Which vendor s products do you or would you consider using for wireless solutions? Call center/ip solutions - Do you have any call center solutions? If not, what are your plans to implement these solutions? - Who is the audience for call center solutions? - If you are implementing call center solutions, how important a driver are the following factors? Giving medical advice Communicating lab results Scheduling appointments and registering patients Facilitating inter-departmental communication Improving payer communication link - How important are the following when implementing IP solutions?...with tightening budgets and constant pressure to improve standards of care, providers are increasingly looking to IT to contain costs and maximize efficiency, rather than generate revenue... Datamonitor

5 - What work processes would you consider using IP for? - Which vendor provides your organization with your current telephony solution? - Have you considered using wireless IP phones? - If you have considered using wireless IP phones, where did you consider using them? - If you are/have considered using wireless IP phones, which vendors IP products are you/would you consider using? - How important are the following as a motivation for selecting a networking partner? Storage solutions - Do you have any storage solutions? If not, do you have any plans to implement them? - How important are the following as motivation to implement your storage solutions? - Which vendors products do you use/would you consider using for storage solutions? - How important are the following in selecting a storage partner? Media solutions - Do you have any media solutions? If not, do you have any plans to implement them? - If you have media solutions or plans to implement them, for what purpose are they/will they be used? - If you have media solutions or plans to implement them, how important were the following as drivers to implement these solutions? - Which vendors products do you use/would you consider using? Do you have any security solutions? If not, do you have any plans to implement them? Do you have, or have plans to develop, a fullyintegrated enterprise-wide medical/clinical information repository? Who holds the budget for the following initiatives? Which technologies do you outsource? Are they on-site or off-site? OUTSOURCING What are your main concerns surrounding outsourcing? How important are the following sources of information regarding IT solutions available in the marketplace? PURCHASING PROCESSES Who do you look to for technology integration? How are IT budgets allocated?...implementing clinical information systems, such as EHR and PACS, currently ranks as the most important spending priority among providers... Datamonitor

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