New U.S. Hospital IT Data Released For Research Purposes

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Article Date: 09 Sep 2010 - 4:00 PDT


The 2009 data on the U.S. hospital IT market and updated 2008 data from the HIMSS AnalyticsTM Database has been released by The Dorenfest Institute for Health Information Technology, Research and Education, managed by the HIMSS Foundation. The Dorenfest Institute provides a variety of detailed historical data, reports and white papers about information technology use in hospitals and integrated healthcare delivery networks at no charge to universities, students under university license, U.S. governments (local, state and federal), and governments of other countries that will be using the data for research purposes.

The newly released 2008 data from the HIMSS AnalyticsTM Database covers IT use in hospitals and integrated healthcare delivery networks. The release of the 2008 data expands the current library of the Dorenfest 3000+ Databases™ and Dorenfest Integrated Healthcare Delivery System Databases™ for the period 1986 through 2008, as well as many publications on IT use in the healthcare industry during that same time period.

The 2009 Annual Report of the U.S. Hospital IT Market, also now available in pdf format on the Dorenfest Institute Web site, presents the state of the U.S. hospital IT market. The report examines hospital budgets as well as financial, technology, and department environments and presents key findings on IT investment and enterprise resource planning. The data is from HIMSS AnalyticsTM Database. The 2005 through 2008 reports are also available on the site.

"These updated data and market reports, along with the legacy of the Dorenfest healthcare IT databases, support the critical research that is needed to improve outcomes from healthcare IT investment projects," said Sheldon I. Dorenfest, president/CEO of the Dorenfest Group in Chicago. The Dorenfest Group is a leading consultant and source of knowledge about the healthcare information technology industry.

The Dorenfest Institute was formed in January 2005 to further the interest in and benefits associated with ongoing research in health IT. This followed a generous donation of his company and its historical data assets to HIMSS Foundation by Dorenfest to further the interest in and benefits associated with ongoing research in health IT.

The complete listing of databases and publications available from the Dorenfest Institute is available here, including an online registration form for access to all of the data.

"With the release of this historical data from the Dorenfest Institute and HIMSS Analytics, the HIMSS Foundation continues to support universities and government agencies in their research efforts and study of health information technology and management systems," said R. Norris Orms, FACHE, CAE, Executive Director of the HIMSS Foundation.

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HIMSS Foundation
HIMSS
The Dorenfest Group

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