Discovering Real Wealth: Marketing Dynamics & Insights on US Health Care IT Spending ..

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This iDRD (Insight-based Data-Rich Deliverable) is part of the Heath Care subscription and falls within the IT by category and size of business market. This insight discusses increased telecommunications spending, security hardware & software importance and additional training services for health care providers. It also analyzes marketing dynamics ranking US Health Care IT expenditures by size, forecast and timeframe: 2005-2010. Covers top five market dynamics such as: the HIPAA mandate, Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), and the strong need for secure sharing of patient and health care information. IT consists of investments on services, equipment, applications and personnel to develop, manage and support a firm's IT infrastructure and communications. This market consists of six categories: computer hardware, applications, network hardware, telecom, IT personnel and outsourcing & 3rd party services. Health Care includes establishments primarily engaged in furnishing medical, surgical and other health services to persons. Establishments of associations or groups, such as Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs), primarily engaged in providing medical or other health services to members are included. Insurance providers are included. Hospices are also included in health care. Size of business includes SOHO (1-4 employees), Small Business (5-99 employees), Mid-Sized Business (100-999 employees), and Enterprise Business (Over 1000 employees). The Expert Guide for this deliverable is Stephanie Atkinson. Forecasts are from 2005 through 2010 and include annual growth rate, as well as percentage of total market.
Sources: Compass Intelligence’s segment and market forecasts, which include business expenditures, market demographics, and usage and adoption statistics are built using multiple sources, including proprietary Compass Intelligence research. These sources include, but are not limited to, secondary research, government data and statistics (e.g. Department of Commerce, Federal Communication Commission, Bureau of Labor Statistics and US Census Bureau), primary research, vendor-based research and in-depth interviews with key decision-makers, where relevant. Compass Intelligence selects data sources to provide greatest degree of perspective on each market or segment, in addition to the highest level of data accuracy, stability, and consistency over time.