March 14, 2010Health care industry
Companies that develop, manufacture, market, and/or distribute health-related products or provide health care services, such as hospitals, nursing homes, HMOs, medical product suppliers, medical equipment and medical device makers, and medical laboratories.
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Seeking to address the growing need for change in the way the healthcare industry evaluates IT systems, several healthcare organizations have launched a key global initiative – the Alliance for Clinical Excellence (ACE).
Worldwide vertical market IT spending is projected to total US$2.7 trillion in 2009, a 0.5% increase from 2008, according to a Gartner report. Utilities, Healthcare and Government are expected to be the strongest-growing segments of the market in 2009.
To centralize its hospital management applications and reduce overall cost of ownership, Delhi-based RG Stone Urology and Laparoscopy Hospital implemented a system that would enable access to centralized hospital information applications from a variety of local and remote devices.
Penang Adventist Hospital (PAH) has invested in a financial management system to help speed up financial and budgeting processes, ensuring the not-for-profit healthcare provider continues to give the best healthcare services at the most affordable rate.
The IBM Center is an example of Tomorrow at Work, an IBM initiative that examines a changing work world and anticipates trends in technology, business, society and culture.
