Governments across Europe Have Initiated Key Programmes to Introduce and Develop Healthcare IT Solutions for Use in Their Healthcare Systems

DUBLIN, Ireland - (Business Wire) Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c91212) has announced the addition of the Frost & Sullivan report "National Programmes Supporting Healthcare IT in Europe" to their offering.

This research service titled National Programmes Supporting Healthcare IT in Europe provides an overview of market dynamics and key programmes in the market, along with a complete analysis of key market drivers, restraints, and trends in Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Scandinavia and Benelux.

Market Overview

Governments Lead the Charge in Ushering Wider Use of Healthcare IT

The transition has begun. Governments across Europe have initiated key programmes to introduce and develop healthcare IT solutions for use in their healthcare systems. The need to revitalise this sector has been addressed by the European Commission promoting key solutions and governments chalking out healthcare IT road maps and documentation stating how they will achieve quantifiable targets. The heterogeneous nature of healthcare delivery has led to healthcare systems in Europe developing differently over the years. This has created varied levels of comfort with information technology that, in turn, has influenced the type of programmes being promoted and sponsored.

"Nevertheless, government efforts to exercise maximum control over the rejuvenation process to improve the levels of care delivery of health systems, enhancing patient safety by injecting the system with funds for modernisation, and providing scalable technology solutions to primary and secondary care providers will spur the uptake of healthcare IT solutions," states the analyst of this research. "At the same time, promoting the wide-scale use of technologically driven workflows, encouraging healthy competition amongst healthcare IT vendors through large national, regional, and city contracts, ensuring the best value for money, together with initiatives to help implement and achieve overall European Commission goals will help the market to optimise on its growth potential."

Considerable Growth Potential Exists in Key Areas

The primary focus areas in Europe are to establish an IT infrastructure and introduce EMR, smart cards, e-prescriptions and several other key solutions including primary care information systems, hospital information systems, triage solutions and management information systems. The run up to this change has been interesting to note, with governments formulating road maps to achieve this transition. The dominant role of the public sector has made governments responsible for improving the healthcare delivery process by seeking technology-driven workflows. Vendors with highly scalable solutions and system integrators will be given preference. At the same time, such programmes propose multi-million dollar opportunities for firms with experience in implementing large projects. For companies with specific value propositions, sub-contracts are equally attractive. While there are opportunities galore, the competitive environment has changed drastically with increased competition from foreign firms bidding for public contracts.

Across Europe, national programmes supporting healthcare IT seek to achieve different objectives. Levels of sophistication differ and the focal points for health authorities also vary. "Tremendous progress has been made to improve technical interoperability; however, vendors must continue to strive to achieve holistic interoperability," advises the analyst of this research. "Large-scale projects require voluntary participation from several groups within the healthcare system, from the government and the vendor community to ensure successful project completion."

Market Sectors

Expert analysts thoroughly examine the following market sectors in this research:

By Project Type:

- Healthcare IT Solutions

- Healthcare IT Infrastructure

By IT Solution:

- EMR

- CPOE

- Departmental solutions

- IT infrastructure

- Smart cards

- E-prescriptions

By Region:

- European Commission

- The United Kingdom

- Germany

- France

- Italy

- Spain

- Scandinavia

- Benelux

By Scale of Implementation:

- National

- Regional

- City

- Single Solution Contracts

Technologies

The following technologies are covered in this research:

- HL7, wireless technologies

- Secured networks/WAN

1. Executive Summary

- 1. Prelude

- -1. Executive Summary - National Programmes Supporting Healthcare IT in Europe

2. Introduction to National Programmes Supporting Healthcare IT

- 1. Introduction

- -1. Market Overview

- -2. Definition and Scope

- -3. Types of Solutions

3. Market Dynamics Operating in Health Systems Implementing HIT Solutions

- 1. Market Dynamics

- -1. Benefits to the Healthcare System

- -2. Industry Challenges

- -3. Market Drivers

- -4. Market Restraints

4. Geographic Trends

- 1. European Commission