Health Industry Insights: Central European Healthcare Survey and IT Spending Forecast 2007-2011

Table of Contents

• Table of Contents
• Health Industry Insights Opinion
• In This Study
  • Methodology
    • Conceptual Framework
    • Sample Design
      • Sampling Unit: IDC' s Economic Entity
      • Survey Sample
      • Table: Respondent Distribution by Number of Employees at Year-End 2006
      • Figure: Overall Annual Budget/Turnover of Respondents' Organizations in 2006
      • Figure: Total Number of Patients at Healthcare Organization at Year End 2006
    • Respondents
    • Table: Employment Title of Healthcare Organization Interviewee
    • Table: Functional Area of Healthcare Organization Interviewee
    • Interviews
    • Confidence Intervals
    • Weighting
    • Data Analysis
  • Executive Summary
• Situation Overview
  • Healthcare Systems in Central Europe
    • Introduction
    • Table: Largest (Number of Employees) Healthcare Providers in Central Europe, 2006
      • Healthcare Provision in the Czech Republic
      • Healthcare Provision in Hungary
      • Healthcare Provision in Poland
      • Healthcare Provision in Slovakia
    • Recent Developments in the CE Healthcare Sector
    • Development of IT in the CE Healthcare Sector
      • eHealth Policy in the Czech Republic
      • eHealth Policy in Hungary
      • eHealth Policy in Poland
      • eHealth Policy in Slovakia
    • i2010 Health Targets
      • Interoperability of EU Healthcare Systems
      • eHealth Action Plan Commitment
        • eHealth Services
        • Electronic Health Insurance Cards
    • IDC' s Health Industry Insights Survey Justification
  • IT Organization and Role
    • IT Staff
    • Figure: Number of Healthcare Organization Dedicated IT-/IS-Support Employees
    • Figure: Number of Infrastructure Developers in Healthcare Organization IT Department
    • Figure: Roles of IT Department/IT Staff in IT Strategy Planning and Deployment of New Solutions
    • Figure: Healthcare Organizations' Current Types of Operational Management for IT infrastructure
    • IT Priorities
    • Table: Ratings of the Urgency of Business-Support Development Methods in Healthcare Organizations (1 = "not at all urgent" and 5 = "extremely urgent")
    • Table: Changes to Current Method of IT Operational Management Over the Next 12 Months
  • IT Spending
  • Figure: IT Spending in the Central European Healthcare Sector by Technology, 2006
  • Figure: Allocation of Total IT spending by Business Areas
    • European Health Insurance Card (EHIC)
    • Figure: Percentage of Patients with European Health Insurance Card (EHIC)
    • Figure: Change regarding the Proportion of Patients with European Health Insurance Cards (EHICs)Over the 2006-2007 Period
    • Figure: Estimate Change regarding the Proportion of Patients with European Health Insurance Cards (EHICs)Over the 2007-2008 Period
    • Figure: Healthcare Organizations' Implementation of Special Applications for European Health Insurance Cards (EHICs)
    • Electronic Medical Records
    • Figure: Patient Data Storage Methods
    • Wireless and Mobile Technologies
    • Figure: Types of Mobile End-User Devices Used to Access Corporate Resources in Healthcare Organizations
    • Figure: Extent of Healthcare Organizations' Adoption of Wireless Networking
    • Figure: Healthcare Organizations' Reasons for Not Using or Considering Mobile Solutions
    • Figure: Healthcare Organizations' Statuses Regarding Employee Access to Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Applications via Mobile or Wireless Technology
    • Figure: Healthcare Organizations' Use or Planned Use of Mobile Solution Strategies
    • IT Security
    • Figure: Factors Driving Healthcare Organizations' Spending on Security Software, 2007
    • Table: Ratings of the Threat of Healthcare Organizations' Network, Data, and Internet Security (1 = "the least serious threat" and 5 = "the most serious threat")
    • Table: Healthcare Organizations' Implementation Stages Security Software Solutions
  • Procurement
  • Figure: Health Organizations' Primary Source of IT Products and services, 2007
  • Figure: Sources Healthcare Organization Use to Procure Project-based IT Services/Solutions
  • Figure: Healthcare Organizations' Preferred Company Type for IT Products and Services (Local or International)
  • Table: The Importance of Specific Considerations in Healthcare Organizations' Choice of Primary IT Supplier
  • Table: The Extent of the Influence of External Factors/Sources in the IT Provider Selection Process
• Future Outlook
  • Business Outlook
  • Figure: Healthcare Organizations' Outlook on Business Prospects
  • Table: Healthcare Organizations' Rankings of the Importance of Business Initiatives in Leading Agendas for 2007-2008
  • Healthcare IT Spending Outlook
  • Figure: Compliance Aspects Increasing Healthcare Organizations' Spending on IT
  • Figure: Healthcare Organization' s Main Areas of IT Focus for the 2007-2008 Period
  • Figure: Expected Change in IT Spending Over the 2007-2008 Period
  • Table: IT Spending (US$M) in the Central European Healthcare Sector by Technology and Country, 2006
  • Table: IT Spending (US$M) in the Central European Healthcare Sector by Technology and Country, 2011
  • Table: IT Spending (US$M) in the Central European Healthcare Sector by Technology, 2006-2011
• Essential Guidance
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  • Related Research
  • Synopsis