Critical Study of Healthcare Communications Launched

Osterman Research and Health Industry News have launched a timely new study of communications issues that will survey both IT management and end-users on a variety of healthcare messaging issues.

Seattle, WA (PRWEB) May 24, 2006 -- Osterman Research and Health Industry News have launched a timely new study of communications issues that will survey both IT management and end-users on a variety of healthcare messaging issues. Communications Issues in the Healthcare Industry, 2006-2009, will focus on how healthcare information is created, transmitted and stored. The report, to be released in June of 2006, will also concentrate on determining demand for healthcare-related messaging systems, storage systems, encryption, patient information management systems and procurement systems through 2009.

"We want to assess how effective healthcare-related organizations are in using communications technologies," says Michael Osterman, President and CEO of Osterman Research and co-author of the study. "We also want to help messaging-related vendors of all types to understand this enormous market and how to meet the needs of healthcare-related organizations more effectively."

Among the topics to be covered include: email and instant messaging, electronic medical/health records management systems, computer physician order entry (CPOE), materials management and procurement, accounting communications, disaster recovery, electronic prescribing, clinical decision support systems and much more.

Gary Bryant, author of Searching the Web for Health, and Editor of Health Industry News, is co-authoring the study. "Key drivers for change, like HIPAA, patient safety and Medicare seem to be outgunned by perceived barriers like privacy concerns, implementation issues and costs. It will be interesting to see if these perceptions hold up."

Organizations interested in purchasing this study should visit either company's web sites; OstermanResearch.com or HealthIndustryNews.com. IT professionals in healthcare-provider or healthcare-payer organizations that would like to participate in the surveys conducted for this study should also visit these sites.

About Osterman Research, Inc.
Osterman Research, Inc. provides market research, cost modeling, benchmarking and related services to vendors of technology-based products and services. Osterman Research, Inc. helps vendors, IT departments and other organizations make better decisions through the acquisition and application of relevant, accurate and timely data on markets, market trends, products and technologies.

About Health Industry News
Health Industry News is the flagship web publication of Wisdomatics, a leading provider of healthcare industry news and analysis. Along with BreakThrough Digest, Health Industry News receives more than a million readers per month. Health Industry News has grown into a leading health content aggregator and critical resource of breakthrough medical and medical business information.

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