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Healthcare Industry in Australia - IT Market Assessment
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6-May-2009, Pages-18
The Healthcare IT sector of Australia, being one of the developed markets, has seen a positive growth owing to the introduction of advanced IT products and services. Australian Healthcare IT sector comprises healthcare organizations (hospitals, nursing homes, diagnostic centers, dental hospitals, clinics, etc.), persons (doctors, dentists, nurses, and other caregivers), and health insurance providers.
The Australian Healthcare IT market has been shifting from being a hospital focused market to a patient focused market. IT solutions such as enterprise software solutions, hospital management, and clinical management systems have been implemented successfully, and are now accepted by the Australian healthcare providers. Further, Australia being one of the progressive nations in the eHealth sector, has provided efficient avenues for storage, retrieval, and management of healthcare information. Also, owing to rising of aging population, remote healthcare services such as patient monitoring devices and telemedicine have been deployed to a large extent.
The Healthcare IT market in Australia is now focusing on the provision of standardization and enhancement of data security through encouragement and establishment of mandate procedures being followed for IT solutions.
The report forecasts the IT spending of the Australian Healthcare Industry for the period 2008-2012. It discusses the segmentation of this Industry based on technology, and also highlights the market trends and challenges that characterize the industry. Further, it discusses the key growth drivers and barriers of the Healthcare Industry in Australia, and profiles some of the key vendors operating in the Healthcare Industry in Australia.
Table of ContentsTable of Contents:
1.Introduction
2. IT Spending and Forecast
3. Market Trends
3.3. Telemedicine Industry
4. Market Segmentation by Technology Type
5. Growth Drivers
5.1 Collaboration and Integration of Healthcare Information
5.2 Enhancing Mobility of Information
5.3 Reducing Operational Costs
5.4 Empowered Customers
6. Growth Barriers
6.1 Skill Workforce Shortage
6.2 Distribution problems
6.3 Privacy and Security of Data
6.4 Limited Budgets
7. Key Vendors
7.1 Baxter International Inc.
7.2 Health Communication Network
7.3 IBA Health Group Limited
7.4 Philips Healthcare
7.5 Toumaz Technology Limited
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List of Exhibits
Exhibit 2.1: Australian Healthcare IT Spending and Forecast 2008-2012 (In $ million)
Exhibit 4.1: IT Market Segmentation by Technology Type for Australian Healthcare Industry – 2008
Exhibit 4.2: IT Market Segmentation by Technology Type for Australian Healthcare Industry – 2012
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