HIMSS Analytics Publishes "Essentials of the U.S. Hospital IT Market - 2007"

CHICAGO (May 16, 2007) - Today, HIMSS Analytics™ announced the release of the Essentials of the U.S. Hospital IT Market - 2007. The publication, available in PDF format, is in its second year of publication and is based on an analysis of current data taken from the HIMSS Analytics™ Database. The HIMSS Analytics Database contains detailed IT information on more than 5,000 hospitals and 28,000 medical facilities in the U.S.

The Essentials report provides a current and composite overview of the U.S. hospital information technology market, including:

• Four-Year CAGR IT Spending Forecast
• Application Overviews for:
  - Ambulatory Applications
  - Ancillary Clinical Systems
  - Cardiology PACS
  - Document Management
  - Electronic Medical Records (Shared Electronic Health Record)
  - The EMR (SEHR) Adoption Model
  - Financial Decision Support
  - Financial Management
  - Health Information Management
  - Human Resources
  - Nursing
  - Revenue Cycle Management
  - Radiology PACS

The report is available for purchase in its entirety, by financial or clinical volumes, or by individual chapters.

"We received a lot of positive feedback from IT companies, healthcare providers and consultants on last year's Essentials report", said Dave Garets, president and CEO of HIMSS Analytics. "The healthcare IT market is changing at a rapid pace as the 2007 report demonstrates. Our goal at HIMSS Analytics is to provide valuable research to the industry as a whole that will support the transformation of healthcare IT in the U.S." To purchase the Essentials of the U.S. Hospital IT Market - 2007, visit www.himssanalytics.org or contact HIMSS Analytics by e-mail at info@himssanalytics.org or by phone at 877-364-2500.

About HIMSS Analytics
HIMSS Analytics supports improved decision-making for healthcare delivery organizations, as well as healthcare IT companies, state governments, financial companies, pharmaceutical companies, and consulting firms, by delivering high quality data and analytical expertise. The company collects and analyzes healthcare data related to IT processes and environments, products, IS department composition and costs, IS department management metrics, healthcare trends and purchase-related decisions. It is a wholly owned not-for-profit subsidiary of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society.

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