Nursing Home Information Systems Increase Care Delivery Effectiveness and Decrease Costs of Administration

Long Term Care and Nursing Home Information Systems Market Strategies Shares and Forecasts, Worldwide, 2010-2016

$3500 - Single Copy or $7000 - Web Posting | Report # SH24511315 | 253 Pages | 93 Tables and Figures | 2010

Nursing Home Information Systems Increase Care Delivery Effectiveness and Decrease Costs of Administration

: Nursing Home; Long Term Care; Facility Information Systems; Software as a Service (SaaS); Medicare Nursing Home Analysis; Nursing Home Information Systems; Electronic Medical Record (EMR); Electronic Patient Record; Electronic Healthcare Record; EHR; Pharmacy Systems; LTC; Systems Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI); Point of Care POC; Cloud Nursing Home Information Systems; Nursing Home Collaboration Capability

Long Term Care and Nursing Home Information Systems Market Strategies Shares and Forecasts, Worldwide, 2010-2016

WinterGreen Research announces that it has a new study on Long Term Care and Nursing Home Information Systems: Market Strategies, Shares, and Forecasts, Worldwide, 2010-2016. Long term care and nursing home information systems create ways to treat patients in long term care facilities more efficiently. The study has 253 pages and 93 tables and figures.

New long term care information systems have revolutionized the market, creating units that work across the board in long term care situations. This evolution of the software means that clinicians have more flexibility of care decisions, caring for people.

Information systems are emerging as a significant part of the nursing home and long term care delivery systems. All facilities have some kind of automated systems, but this study addresses the industry specific systems that are evolving with industry specific financial management and process integration.

Software leverages the efficiency of clinical process in ways that have never become possible before. The electronic patient record can be integrated with financial systems, increasing the efficiency of transmitting services description to the insurance providers.

The ability to capture services delivery electronically at the point of care is central to creating more efficient infrastructure for the providers. The system leverages virtually all the administrative and financial information needed to run a successful home care company. Information can be gathered right from the charts.

The significance of integration systems is not yet realized in nursing home information systems. Collaboration and electronic patient records promise to drive the efficiencies gained from electronic records in to the clinical delivery process, giving caretakers more time to spend with patients. As patients move from one care venue to another, the patient record is going to need to move with them. The hand-held, computer-based system guides home care clinicians through the entire patient care process. Clinicians can use structured record guides. The systems automate reporting.

The fundamental aspect of long term care and nursing home information systems implementation relates to patient treatment flexibility. The ability to be responsive to changing patient conditions is central to the task of controlling nursing home and skilled nursing facility costs. The ability of systems to support flexibility in managing patients to lower cost care delivery sites is anticipated to spur rapid growth of the electronic patient record for these facilities. Long term care and nursing home information systems markets at $225.8 million in 2009 are anticipated to reach $674.9 million by 2016.

Companies Profiled
Meditech PointClickCare American Health Tech Cerner AOD Software Golden Rule Software Green Mountain Software Hann's On Software	GE Healthcare Philips Healthcare Keane MDI McKesson Optimus EMR MediServe Siemens SigmaCare

Report Methodology

This is the 451st report in a series of market research reports that provide forecasts in communications, telecommunications, the internet, computer, software, and telephone equipment. The project leaders take direct responsibility for writing and preparing each report. They have significant experience preparing industry studies. Forecasts are based on primary research and proprietary data bases. Forecasts reflect analysis of the market trends in the segment and related segments. Unit and dollar shipments are analyzed through consideration of dollar volume of each market participation in the segment. Market share analysis includes conversations with key customers of products, industry segment leaders, marketing directors, distributors, leading market participants, and companies seeking to develop measurable market share. Over 200 in-depth interviews are conducted for each report with a broad range of key participants and opinion leaders in the market segment.

About the Company

WinterGreen Research, founded in 1985, provides strategic market assessments in telecommunications, communications equipment, health care, and advanced computer technology. Industry reports focus on opportunities that will expand existing markets or develop major new markets. The reports assess new product and service positioning strategies, new and evolving technologies, and technological impact on products, services, and markets. Market shares are provided. Leading market participants are profiled, and their marketing strategies, acquisitions, and strategic alliances are discussed. The principals of WinterGreen Research have been involved in analysis and forecasting of international business opportunities in telecommunications and advanced computer technology markets for over 30 years.

About the Principal Authors

Ellen T. Curtiss, Technical Director, co-founder of WinterGreen Research, conducts strategic and market assessments in technology-based industries. Previously she was a member of the staff of Arthur D. Little, Inc., for 23 years, most recently as Vice President of Arthur D. Little Decision Resources, specializing in strategic planning and market development services. She is a graduate of Boston University and the Program for Management Development at Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration. She is the author of recent studies on worldwide telecommunications markets and the Top Ten Telecommunications market analysis and forecasts.

Susan Eustis, President, co-founder of WinterGreen Research, has done research in communications and computer markets and applications. She holds several patents in microcomputing and parallel processing. She is the author of recent studies of the Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) marketing strategies, Internet software, a study of Push to Talk Equipment, Worldwide Telecommunications Equipment, Top Ten Telecommunications, Digital Loop Carrier, Web Hosting, Business Process Management, Servers, Blades, the Mainframe as a Green Machine, and Application Server markets. Ms. Eustis is a graduate of Barnard College.