January is prediction season and IDC has released it’s own top ten list of tends that will shape and define the Healthcare landscape in 2011.
Here’s their list:
- Health reform providers will explore new care and reimbursement models.
- EMRs will shift from purchase to adoption phase for hospitals in 2011.
- EMR-as-a-service options will take off among ambulatory providers.
- CPOE will get real-world experience.
- Clinical decision support will be integrated into care.
- Meaningful use and healthcare reform technology purchasing will continue.
- Clinical mobility will drive meaningful use.
- Business and clinical intelligence will become actionable.
- Client virtualization will become the rule for point-of-care applications.
- Healthcare storage will transform to support electronic records and images.
Not surprisingly, technology takes a number of the key spots with Electronic Health Records, CPOE, Mobility and Virtualization making the list however the inclusion of Cloud and SaaS may surprise some. While most other industries have been quick to adopt Cloud and SaaS Healthcare has been hesitant to make this leap. IDC is predicting that 2011 will see EMR and overall storage move in this direction and I quite agree.
Companies like Cerner have been providing a substantial number of EMR hosted services for a number of years now and the model has not only proven to be cost effective, but also extremely efficient for adoption and deployment of enhanced clinical systems. Moving administrative applications, data and communications to the cloud should be a natural fit for the healthcare industry which is in need of not only cost savings but also greater efficiencies and access to innovative technologies.
Offloading the management of technology through traditional outsourcing allows organizations to focus more resources and dollars on innovation and improved quality of care often providing better and more auditable security as well. Cloud and SaaS take the model to the next level with clinical and non clinical applications deployed and managed as a utility service. I expect we’ll begin to see more and more offerings move into this space or be created to meet demands in this space over 2011 and it’s nice to see that IDC agrees.
Resources:
Find the complete IDC article online HERE!
