2008 Trends to Watch: Healthcare Technology

Table of Contents

• DATAMONITOR VIEW
  • CATALYST
  • SUMMARY
• ANALYSIS
  • Patients, and governments, are expecting a higher standard of care
    • Quality of care from a patient-centric view requires better healthcare management
    • Standardization will increase the quality of care of entire populations
  • Limited access to care is an increasing concern for healthcare systems
    • A growing, changing population needs more healthcare
    • The unsuccessful recruitment and retention of providers will result in a continued shortage
    • Individual costs of healthcare are high and discourage patients from getting the care they need
  • Sustainability of healthcare systems is a problem for all
  • Technology priorities in healthcare directly align with quality, access and cost
    • End users will continue to focus on investing in administrative and clinical applications
    • Healthcare organizations are interested in aspects of advanced healthcare technology
    • Interoperability will be increasingly important to payers and providers
• ACTIONS
  • Vendors should demonstrate that their solutions will improve quality, access and cost
  • Healthcare technology solutions must be interoperable
  • Intuitive, reliable and affordable technology will be preferred over complex solutions
• APPENDIX
  • Abbreviations
  • Methodology
  • Further reading
  • Ask the analyst
  • Datamonitor consulting
  • Disclaimer
  • List of Figures
    • Figure 1: Expected age distribution of France and India in 2008
    • Figure 2: Total Healthcare IT Spending 2006-11
    • Figure 3: Many opportunities exist in the EHR market