Health Imaging & IT - October 2008 - (Page 12)

Community Hospital top 5 Business priorities 1 2 3 4 5 Patient/customer satisfaction improving productivity and workﬂow improving patient care decreases in reimbursement creating new revenue sources  increase ReVeNUe WATch  decrease 48%  5%–10%  44% 33%  < 5%  23% 12%  10%–15%  20% 5%  15%–20%  12% IT budgets are solid, with 60 percent of healthcare facility executives and leaders showing increases in IT infrastructure spending in 2008. Most often, the increase is 5 to 10 percent (16 percent), 11 to 15 percent (12 percent) or 15 percent to 20 percent (8 percent). About 31 percent of the survey base is spending the same on IT as last year. Only 9 percent are experiencing any budget decrease, with 6 percent saying it is less than 15 percent. Why are facilities increasing IT investment? A need to upgrade IT infrastructure tops the investment list, followed by increasing data storage, overall need for IT systems and technology, the additional of new clinical service lines and new facilities and the need to update and renovate existing facilities. Decreases in IT budgets are most often happening in facilities seeing overall budget decreases. BudGet watch: clinical it systems Healthcare facilities need new systems and upgrades to boost their clinical IT capabilities, with budgets on the rise, according to 54 percent of respondents. Typical budget increases are most often 5 to 10 percent (13 percent), less than 5 percent (10 percent), 10 to 15 percent (9 percent) and 15 to 20 percent (8 percent). About 41 pertop 10 cLINIcAL IT system purchases 1 Radiology information system 2 cardiology Pacs 3 radiology Pacs 4 cvis 6 His 7 Ed information system 8 nuclear medicine Pacs 9 EHr 10 orthopedic Pacs why is revenue increasing?  adding new technology that what are you doing to combat the decrease?     increases revenue delaying technology purchases Holding off filling vacant positions reducing staff trying to work more efficiently by investing in technology designed to increase productivity and efficiency  adding new clinical service line  increased marketing who’s competing hardest with you? Free Free-standing imaging centers 52% general or acute-care hospitals 40% Physician group practices 38% specialty hospitals 12% 5 EMr top 5 secONDARY cLINIcAL IT purchases 1 Speech recognition software 2 advanced visualization software 3 cPoE 4 decision support software 5 computer-assisted detection (cad) software adding new clinical service lines 1. cardiology 2. Women’s Health 3. orthopedics role in cLINIcAL IT decision-making top Buys in 2008 IT $ data storage $ disaster recovery Clinical IT $ ris $ cvis Imaging Systems $ ultrasound $ ct* $ dr $ cr Recommend purchases 71% specify supplier/ vendor 15% final decision 14% changes in cLINIcAL IT Budget $ Wireless technologies $ Ed information system $ digital mammography $ Workﬂow analysis tools $ cardiology Pacs $ data network * 38% 64-slice $ radiology Pacs Increase 54% no change 41% decrease 5% 12 Health Imaging & IT | october 2008 Healthimaging.com http://www.Healthimaging.com

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