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NEW YORK--(Business Wire)--
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its
catalogue. 

Reportlinker Adds Healthcare Information Technology

http://www.reportlinker.com/p0128139/Reportlinker-Adds-Healthcare-Information-Technology.html

This Report:

Provides in-depth analysis of the developing U.S. market for selective clinical
health care IT technologies 

Forecasts trends and sales in the U.S. market for selective clinical health care
IT technologies through 2014 

Identifies the segments in the clinical health care IT technologies industry
with the greatest growth potential 

Discusses barriers to deployment of clinical health care IT technologies
including lack of standards, lack of compatibility with existing records,
technology limitations, hardware availability, lack of skilled personnel,
storage requirements and lack of funding 

Provides information on the selling channels, standards and purchasing criteria
that will be useful to heath care IT vendors seeking a share of the market. 

Chapter-1: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

SUMMARY TABLE U.S. MARKET FOR CLINICAL HEALTH CARE IT TECHNOLOGIES, THROUGH 2014
($ MILLIONS) 5 

SUMMARY FIGURE CLINICAL HEALTH CARE TECHNOLOIGES MARKET SHARES, 2008-2014 (%) 6 

Chapter-2: CLINICAL HEALTH CARE IT: AN OVERVIEW

DEFINITIONS 7 

TABLE 1 MAJOR CLASSES OF HEALTH CARE IT TECHNOLOGIES 7 

CLINICAL SOFTWARE 7 

HARDWARE DEDICATED TO CLINICAL IT APPLICATIONS 8 

HISTORY 8 

Chapter-3: TYPES OF CLINICAL IT TECHNOLOGIES

TABLE 2 MAJOR TYPES OF CLINICAL HEALTH CARE IT TECHNOLOGIES 10 

ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS 11 

PROVIDER ORDER ENTRY SYSTEMS FOR DRUGS, LAB TESTS, AND PROCEDURES 12 

ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING SYSTEM 12 

PICTURE ARCHIVING AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS FOR FILMLESS IMAGING 13 

LABORATORY INFORMATION SYSTEMS 13 

CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS 13 

TELEMEDICINE 14 

OTHER RELATED AND SUPPORTING TECHNOLOGIES 14 

Personal Health Records 14 

Radio Frequency Identification 15 

VeriChip 16 

Bar Coding 16 

Speech Recognition 16 

Medical Equipment Interfaces 17 

BENEFITS OF CLINICAL HEALTH CARE IT TECHNOLOGIES 17 

BENEFITS TO PATIENTS 17 

Improved Quality of Care 17 

Lower Costs 19 

Wider Availability of Health Insurance 20 

BENEFITS TO HOSPITALS, PHYSICIANS, AND OTHER CAREGIVERS 21 

Clinical Efficiencies and Improved Quality 21 

Verification of Insurance Eligibility and Benefits 21 

Patient Satisfaction 22 

Image and Public Relations 22 

Reduced Malpractice Risk 22 

Employee Morale 23 

BENEFITS TO THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY 23 

Pharmaceutical Manufacturers 23 

Improved Drug Safety Surveillance 24 

Clinical Trial Recruitment 24 

Support of Regulatory Approval 25 

Retail Pharmacies 25 

Opportunities to Increase Revenues 25 

BENEFITS TO HEALTH INSURANCE PROVIDERS 26 

BARRIERS TO DEPLOYMENT 27 

COST 28 

LACK OF METRICS 28 

LACK OF STANDARDS 29 

Clinical Vocabularies 30 

Clinical Ontologies 30 

COMPATIBILITY 31 

Backwards Compatibility 31 

Sideways Compatibility 31 

Forwards Compatibility 32 

WIDE RANGE OF SOFTWARE CHOICES 32 

LACK OF PERSONNEL WITH APPROPRIATE SKILLS 32 

LIMITED FINANCIAL RETURNS ON HEALTH IT INVESTMENTS 33 

PRIVACY CONCERNS 34 

SAFETY ISSUES 35 

LEGAL LIABILITY 36 

Privacy 36 

Safety 37 

PREVIOUS IMPLEMENTATIONS OF HEALTH CARE IT 37 

U.S. 38 

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs 38 

Cedars Sinai Medical Center Physician Order Entry System 39 

Santa Barbara County Care Data Exchange 40 

OTHER COUNTRIES 41 

U.K. National Health Service National Programme for IT 41 

Alberta (Canada) Net care 42 

MARKET SUMMARY 43 

TABLE 3 U.S. MARKET FOR CLINICAL HEALTH CARE IT TECHNOLOGIES BY APPLICATION
TYPE, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 44 

FIGURE 1 U.S. MARKET FOR CLINICAL HEALTH CARE IT TECHNOLOGIES PRODUCT MARKET
SHARES, 2008-2014 (%) 45 

Chapter-4: MARKET ENVIRONMENT FOR CLINICAL HEALTH CARE IT TECHNOLOGIES

LEGAL AND REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT 46 

LEGISLATION 46 

Federal Legislation 46 

Better Healthcare through Information Technology Act of 2005 46 

Medicare Value Purchasing Act 47 

Health Information Technology Promotion Act 47 

Wired for Health Care Quality Act 47 

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 48 

State Legislation 50 

Massachusetts 50 

Minnesota 51 

New Mexico 51 

Rhode Island 51 

Vermont 52 

EXECUTIVE ORDERS 52 

Federal Level 52 

Executive Order 13335 52 

Executive Order 13410 53 

State and Local Levels 53 

TABLE 4 STATE EXECUTIVE ORDERS RELATING TO HEALTH IT 53 

REGULATIONS 54 

Federal Regulations 54 

Potential FDA Regulation of HER 54 

EHR and HIPAA 55 

HHS Regulations to Facilitate Adoption of Health Information Technology 56 

State and Local Regulations 57 

CERTIFICATION BODIES 57 

Certification Commission For Healthcare Information Technology 57 

ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT 58 

Government Funding 58 

Federal Government 58 

FIGURE 2 TRENDS N PROJECTED FEDERAL HEALTH IT SPENDING, 2008-2013 ($ BILLIONS)
59 

Other Government Entities 60 

• Massachusetts 60 

• Minnesota 60 

• New York State 60 

• New York City 61 

• Vermont 61 

Nonprofit Funding 62 

California Health Care Foundation 62 

Colorado Health Foundation 62 

Regenstrief Institute 63 

Markle Foundation 63 

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation 64 

Private Funding 64 

Care Providers 64 

• Investment and Financing Trends in the Hospital Industry 64 

FIGURE 3 EFFECT OF ECONOMIC DOWNTURN ON HOSPITALS` IT SPENDING (%) 65 

• Physician Practice Financial Trends 65 

• Implications for ARRA Incentive Program 66 

Insurance Companies 66 

• Hawaii Medical Service Association 66 

• Highmark Health Insurance 66 

Mixed Public-Private Funding 67 

Washington Health Information Collaborative 67 

Chapter-5: ELECTRONIC HEALTH CARE RECORDS: TECHNOLOGIES AND MARKETS

SUMMARY 68 

FIGURE 4 U.S. MARKET FOR ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS TECHNOLOGIES, 2008-2014 ($
MILLIONS) 68 

TECHNOLOGIES 69 

EHR VERSUS EMR 69 

EHR FUNCTIONALITIES 70 

TABLE 5 TYPICAL EHR FUNCTIONALITIES 70 

CLIENT/SERVER ARCHITECTURE VERSUS APPLICATION SERVICE PROVIDER 71 

SUPPLIERS 72 

TABLE 6 EHR TECHNOLOGY PROVIDERS 72 

MARKET FOR ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS TECHNOLOGIES, 2008-2014 74 

IMPACT OF THE U.S. RECESSION 74 

IMPACT OF ARRA 75 

TABLE 7 ARRA INCENTIVES AND THE MARKET FOR EHR 75 

TABLE 8 POTENTIAL (UNCONSTRAINED) U.S. MARKET FOR EHR SYSTEMS, THROUGH 2015 ($
BILLIONS) 76 

CONSTRAINTS ON IMPLEMENTATION CAPACITY 76 

TABLE 9 REALISTIC U.S. MARKET FOR ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS TECHNOLOGIES,
THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 77 

Chapter-6: PROVIDER ORDER ENTRY TECHNOLOGIES AND MARKETS, 2008â€"2014

SUMMARY 78 

FIGURE 5 U.S. CPOE TECHNOLOGY MARKET, 2008-2014 ($ MILLIONS) 78 

TECHNOLOGIES 79 

SUPPLIERS 80 

TABLE 10 CPOE TECHNOLOGY SUPPLIERS 80 

MARKET FOR PROVIDER ORDER ENTRY TECHNOLOGIES, 2008-2014 80 

TABLE 11 NUMBER OF U.S. HOSPITALS WITH CPOE SYSTEMS, 2002-2007 81 

TABLE 12 U.S. MARKET FOR CPOE SYSTEMS, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 81 

Chapter-7: ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING: TECHNOLOGIES AND MARKETS, 2008â€"2014

SUMMARY 82 

FIGURE 6 U.S. ELECTRONIC PRESCRIPTION TECHNOLOGY MARKET, 2008-2014 ($ MILLIONS)
82 

TECHNOLOGIES 83 

CURRENT PRACTICES 83 

ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING 84 

E-Prescribing Software 84 

Installed Applications 86 

Web-Based Applications 87 

Mobile Interface Devices 87 

PDAs 87 

Smart Phones 88 

Electronic Data Interchange 89 

SUPPLIERS 89 

TABLE 13 E-PRESCRIPTION SOFTWARE SUPPLIERS 89 

MARKET FOR E-PRESCRIBING SOFTWARE, 2008-2014 90 

TABLE 14 U.S. MARKET FOR ELECTRONIC PRESCRIPTION TECHNOLOGIES, THROUGH 2014 ($
MILLIONS) 90 

FIGURE 7 U.S. ELECTRONIC PRESCRIPTION MARKET SEGMENTS (%) 91 

Chapter-8: PICTURE ARCHIVING AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES AND MARKETS,
2008â€"2014

SUMMARY 93 

FIGURE 8 U.S. PACS TECHNOLOGY MARKET, 2008-2014 ($ MILLIONS) 94 

TECHNOLOGIES 94 

ARCHITECTURES 95 

In-House PACS 95 

Web-Based PACS 95 

DICOM and Web-Based PACS 96 

INTEGRATED PACS/RICS 97 

PACS STORAGE AND ARCHIVING 98 

Advanced Storage Technologies 98 

Holographic Storage 99 

Digital Image Compression 99 

SUPPLIERS 99 

TABLE 15 PACS TECHNOLOGY SUPPLIERS 100 

MARKET FOR PICTURE ARCHIVING AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES, 2008-2014 100 

FIGURE 9 U.S. PACS SALES, 2008 (%) 101 

TABLE 16 U.S. MARKET FOR PACS, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 102 

Chapter-9: LABORATORY INFORMATION SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGIES AND MARKETS, 2008â€"2014

SUMMARY 103 

FIGURE 10 U.S. LABORATORY INFORMATION SYSTEM MARKET, 2008-2014 ($ MILLIONS) 103 

TECHNOLOGIES 104 

INTEROPERABIILTY ISSUES 104 

LIS-CPOE Interoperability 104 

LIS-CDSS Interoperability 105 

LIS-EHR Interoperability 105 

DATA STANDARDS 106 

SUPPLIERS 107 

TABLE 17 LABORATORY INFORMATION SYSTEM SUPPLIERS 107 

MARKET FOR LABORATORY INFORMATION SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGIES, 2008-2014 108 

TABLE 18 U.S. MARKET FOR LIS, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 108 

Chapter-10: CLINICAL DECISION SUPPPORT TECHNOLOGIES AND MARKETS, 2008â€"2014

SUMMARY 109 

FIGURE 11 U.S. CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM MARKET, 2008-2014 ($ MILLIONS)
109 

TECHNOLOGIES 110 

KNOWLEDGE-BASED SYSTEMS 110 

Expert Systems 110 

Probabilistic Systems 111 

Bayesian Networks 112 

Heuristic Systems 112 

NON-KNOWLEDGE-BASED SYSTEMS 113 

Artificial Neural Networks 113 

Genetic Algorithms 114 

WORKFLOW INTEGRATION 115 

SUPPLIERS 115 

TABLE 19 CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT TECHNOLOGY SUPPLIERS 116 

MARKET FOR CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT TECHNOLOGIES, 2008-2014 116 

TABLE 20 U.S. MARKET FOR CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, THROUGH 2014 ($
MILLIONS) 116 

Chapter-11: TELEMEDICINE TECHNOLOGIES AND MARKETS, 2008â€"2014

SUMMARY 117 

FIGURE 12 U.S. MARKET FOR TELEMEDICINE TECHNOLOGIES, 2008-2014 ($ MILLIONS) 117 

TECHNOLOGIES 117 

TELECONFERENCING 118 

Real-Time, Store-and-Forward, and Hybrid Teleconferencing 118 

IP-Based Videoconferencing 119 

Peripheral Devices 119 

HOME MEDICAL TELEMETRY 120 

Telehomecare 120 

Mobile Phone-Based Technologies 120 

Bluetooth 121 

Signal Transmission via Human Skin 122 

ZigBee 122 

SUPPLIERS 123 

TABLE 21 TELEMEDICINE EQUIPMENT AND TECHNOLOGY SUPPLIERS 123 

MARKETS 124 

TABLE 22 U.S. MARKET FOR TELEHEALTH TECHNOLOGIES, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 124 

FIGURE 13 TELEHEALTH TECHNOLOGY MARKET SEGMENTS, 2008-2014 (%) 125 

VIDEOCONFERENCING EQUIPMENT AND PERIPERALS 125 

TABLE 23 U.S. MARKET FOR TELEMEDICINE VIDEOCONFERENCING EQUIPMENT AND PERIPHERAL
DEVICES, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 126 

Videoconferencing Equipment 126 

FIGURE 14 U.S. MARKET FOR TELEMEDICINE VIDEOCONFERENCING TECHNOLOGY AND
SERVICES, 2008 (%) 126 

TABLE 24 U.S. MARKET FOR TELEMEDICINE VIDEOCONFERENCING TECHNOLOGIES, THROUGH
2014 ($ MILLIONS) 127 

Peripheral Devices 127 

TABLE 25 U.S. MARKET FOR TELEMEDICINE/TELEHEALTH VIDEOCONFERENCING PERIPHERAL
DEVICES, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 127 

HOME MEDICAL TELEMETRY 127 

TABLE 26 U.S. MARKET FOR HOME TELEMETRY TECHNOLOGIES, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS)
128 

Chapter-12: INDUSTRY STRUCTURE 

NUMBER AND SIZE OF FIRMS 129 

FIGURE 15 CLINICAL HEALTH CARE IT FIRMS SEGMENTED BY ANNUAL SALES REVENUES (%)
129 

PRODUCT SPECIALIZATION 130 

FIGURE 16 CLINICAL HEALTH CARE IT FIRMS SEGMENTED BY TYPE OF APPLICATION (%) 130


MERGER AND ACQUISITION TRENDS 131 

Chapter-13: APPENDIX 

APPENDIX A: COMPANY PROFILES 133 

AGFA HEALTHCARE 133 

ALLSCRIPTS, INC. 133 

AMAZING CHARTS.COM, INC 133 

AMD TELEMEDICINE 134 

AMICAS, INC. 134 

CARD GUARD AG 134 

CARESTREAM HEALTH, INC. 135 

CERNER CORP. 135 

CYBERNET SYSTEMS CORP. 136 

DATALOGIC S.P.A. 136 

DIGICHART, INC. 136 

DRFIRST.COM 136 

ECLIPSYS CORPORATION 137 

EMEGEON INC. 138 

FUJIIFILM MEDICAL SYSTEMS USA, INC. 138 

GE HEALTHCARE 139 

GEMMS 139 

GLOBALMEDIA GROUP LLC 139 

HEALTH FRONTIER, INC. 140 

HEALTHLAND 140 

ISABEL HEALTHCARE INC. 140 

LANGUAGE AND COMPUTING, INC. 141 

LIFECOM, INC. 141 

LOGICAL IMAGES, INC. 141 

MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL 142 

MCKESSON CORP. 142 

MEDRX 143 

MEDVITAL 143 

MERGE HEALTHCARE INC. 143 

M*MODAL 145 

MICROSOFT CORP. 145 

NCD MEDICAL CORP. 145 

NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 146 

ONTOLOGY WORKS, INC. 146 

PHILIPS HEALTHCARE 146 

POLYCOM INC. 147 

PROBLEM-KNOWLEDGE COUPLERS 147 

SCOTTCARE CORP. 147 

SENSITRON INC. 147 

SIEMENS HEALTHCARE 148 

SURESCRIPTS LLC 148 

T+ MEDICAL AMERICAS, INC. 149 

TELEVITAL 149 

THERADOC INC. 149 

UNITED THERAPEUTICS CORP. 150 

VERICHIP CORPORATION 150 

ZYNX HEALTH INC. 151 

APPENDIX B: PATENT ANALYSIS 152 

FIGURE 17 U.S. CLINICAL HEALTH CARE IT PATENTS ISSUED SINCE 1975 (%) 152 

FIGURE 18 U.S. CLINICAL HEALTH CARE IT PATENT APPLICATOINS PENDING AS OF APRIL
15, 2009 (%) 153 

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