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-1. Executive Summary --1. European Markets for Healthcare IT Platforms ---1. Executive Summary -2. Glossary of Terms --1. Glossary of Terms ---1. Abbreviations -3. Definition and Scope --1. Definitions and Research Scope ---1. Research Scope -4. Industry Challenges --1. Challenges Faced in the European Healthcare IT Platforms Markets ---1. Industry Challenges -5. Market Engineering Research --1. Market Engineering Research ---1. Market Engineering Measurements for the European Healthcare IT Platform Markets ---2. Market Drivers a. Single Point of Contact b. Price Competition c. Wide Product Portfolio ---3. Market Restraints a. Installation Costs b. Low Hospital IT Budgets c. Change Management ---4. Revenue Forecasts for European Healthcare IT Platforms -6. Market Segmentation - Healthcare IT Platforms --1. Germany ---1. Market Overview ---2. Market Engineering Measurements ---3. Total Revenues - HIT Platforms ---4. Revenue Forecasts: HIT Platforms - Clinical Solutions ---5. Revenue Forecasts: HIT Platforms - Administrative Solutions --2. France ---1. Market Overview ---2. Market Engineering Measurements ---3. Total Revenues - HIT Platforms ---4. Revenue Forecasts: HIT Platforms - Clinical ---5. Revenue Forecasts: Healthcare IT Platforms - Administrative --3. United Kingdom ---1. Market Overview ---2. Market Engineering Measurements ---3. Total Revenues - Healthcare IT Platforms ---4. Revenue Forecasts: Healthcare IT Platforms - Clinical ---5. Revenue Forecasts: Healthcare IT Platforms - Administrative --4. Italy ---1. Market Overview ---2. Market Engineering Measurements ---3. Total Revenues - Healthcare IT Platforms ---4. Revenue Forecasts: Healthcare IT Platforms - Clinical ---5. Revenue Forecasts: Healthcare IT Platforms - Administrative --5. Spain ---1. Market Overview ---2. Market Engineering Measurements ---3. Total Revenues - Healthcare IT Platforms ---4. Revenue Forecasts: Healthcare IT Platforms - Clinical ---5. Revenue Forecasts: Healthcare IT Platforms - Administrative --6. Scandinavia ---1. Market Overview ---2. Market Engineering Measurements ---3. Total Revenues - Healthcare IT Platforms ---4. Revenue Forecasts: Healthcare IT Platforms - Clinical ---5. Revenue Forecasts: Healthcare IT Platforms - Administrative --7. Benelux ---1. Market Overview ---2. Market Engineering Measurements ---3. Total Revenues - Healthcare IT Platforms ---4. Revenue Forecasts: Healthcare IT Platforms - Clinical ---5. Revenue Forecasts: Healthcare IT Platforms - Administrative -7. Market Engineering Strategy --1. Strategic Insights ---1. Strategies to Move Forward -8. Key Market Participants in the Healthcare IT Platforms Markets --1. Key Market Participants ---1. List of Key Market Participants -9. Decision Support Database --1. Healthcare Infrastructure ---1. Infrastructure Statistics --2. Healthcare Expenditure ---1. Expenditure Statistics List of Figures Industry Challenges Ranked in Order of Impact for the European Healthcare IT Platforms Market from 2007 to 2013 Market Engineering Measurements for the European Healthcare IT Platforms Market in 2006 Market Drivers ranked in Order of Impact for The European Healthcare IT Platforms Market from 2007 to 2013 Market Restraints Ranked In Order Of Impact For The European Healthcare IT Platforms market from 2007 to 2013 Revenue Forecasts For The European Healthcare IT Platforms Market from 2006 to 2013 Revenue Forecasts for Clinical Solutions In The European Healthcare IT Platforms Market from 2006 to 2013 Revenue Forecasts For Administrative Solutions In The European Healthcare IT Platforms Market from 2006 to 2013 Percent of Revenues By Product Type For European Healthcare IT Platforms Market From 2006 To 2013 Market Engineering Measurements For The German Healthcare IT Platforms Market In 2006 Revenue Forecasts For The German Healthcare IT Platforms Market From 2006 To 2013. Revenue Forecasts For Clinical Solutions In The German Healthcare IT Platforms Market From 2006 To 2013 Revenue Forecasts For Administrative Solutions In The German Healthcare IT Platforms Market From 2006 To 2013 Market Engineering Measurements For The French Healthcare IT Platforms Market In 2006 Revenue Forecasts For The French Healthcare IT Platforms Market From 2006 To 2013 Revenue Forecasts For Clinical Solutions In The French Healthcare IT Platforms Market From 2006 To 2013 Revenue Forecasts For Administrative Solutions In The French Healthcare IT Platforms Market From 2006 To 2013. Market Engineering Measurements For The UK Healthcare IT Platforms Market In 2006. Revenue Forecasts For The UK Healthcare IT Platforms Market From 2006 To 2013 Revenue Forecasts For Clinical Solutions In The UK Healthcare IT Platforms Market From 2006 To 2013 Revenue Forecasts For Administrative Solutions In The UK Healthcare IT Platforms Market From 2006 To 2013 Market Engineering Measurements For The Italian Healthcare IT Platforms Market In 2006. Revenue Forecasts For The Italian Healthcare IT Platforms Market From 2006 To 2013 Revenue Forecasts For Clinical Solutions In The Italian Healthcare IT Platforms Market From 2006 To 2013 Revenue Forecasts For Administrative Solutions In The Italian Healthcare IT Platforms Market From 2006 To 2013 Market Engineering Measurements For The Spanish Healthcare IT Platforms Market In 2006 Revenue Forecasts For The Spanish Healthcare IT Platforms Market From 2006 To 2013 Revenue Forecasts For Clinical Solutions In The Spanish Healthcare IT Platforms Market From 2006 To 2013 Revenue Forecasts For Administrative Solutions In The Spanish Healthcare IT Platforms Market From 2006 To 2013 Market Engineering Measurements For The Scandinavian Healthcare IT Platforms Market In 2006 Revenue Forecasts For The Scandinavian Healthcare IT Platforms Market From 2006 To 2013 Revenue Forecasts For Clinical Solutions In The Scandinavian Healthcare IT Platforms Market From 2006 To 2013 Revenue Forecasts For Administrative Solutions In The Scandinavian Healthcare IT Platforms Market From 2006 To 2013 Market Engineering Measurements For The Benelux Healthcare IT Platforms Market In 2006 Revenue Forecasts For The Benelux Healthcare IT Platforms Market From 2006 To 2013 Revenue Forecasts For Clinical Solutions In The Benelux Healthcare IT Platforms Market From 2006 To 2013 Revenue Forecasts For Administrative Solutions In The Benelux Healthcare IT Platforms Market From 2006 To 2013 Number Of Hospital Beds In Europe From 1999 To 2006 Number Of Physicians In Europe From 1999 To 2006 Number Of Pharmacists In Europe From 1999 To 2006 Government Health Care Expenditure In Europe From 1999 To 2006 Private Health Care Expenditure In Europe From 1999 To 2006 Health Care Expenditure As Per Cent Of The GDP In Europe From 1999 To 2006

Summary:

Market Overview Healthcare Providers’ Need for Single Point of Contact Turns Spotlight on Healthcare IT Platforms As the European healthcare industry becomes more integrated, the increasing preference for a single point of contact for healthcare IT (HIT) solutions is driving the market for HIT platforms. Healthcare providers are eager to invest in sophisticated IT solutions but often work within restrictive budgets. HIT platforms have the ability to support a wide range of clinical, administrative and business solutions, and offer healthcare providers a stable, interoperable and robust base capable of enhanced functionality on demand. "Shifting to an integrated platform streamlines workflows, helps reduce costs, improves regulatory compliance, and enhances efficiency, patient and user satisfaction," notes the analyst of this research service. "In addition, it provides ready access to vital information from various access points across the hospital sourced from a managed database." However, rising cost pressures faced by hospitals are likely to stand in the way of adoption of healthcare IT platforms. Not only are these solutions expensive, but they also carry various associated costs in terms of the lag time before the systems are fully up and running, training time, and workflow interruptions. Thus, while hospitals are expressing strong interest in HIT platforms, it is unlikely that complete overhauls or replacements of existing infrastructure will take place for the moment. Instead, hospitals are likely to continuously add solutions as and when the requirement arises and resources are available. Complete HIT Platform Adoption Unlikely at Present Although the shift toward a single point of contact augurs well for the HIT platform market, complete IT platform adoption is not expected at this point. The focus of the HIT environment in Europe continues to be on the adoption of smaller but important individual healthcare solutions such as electronic medical records (EMR), patient e-booking, computerised physician order entry (CPOE), PACS, and radiology information systems (RIS). Healthcare providers are particularly concentrating on increasing the use of EMR, creating and promoting the use of patient identities for care delivery as well as on prescription management. This is leading to fierce competition among HIT vendors as they attempt to win hospital contracts for the implementation of these solutions. "HIT platform providers are able to provide decision makers with an extensive product portfolio and proven track record, thus making them a preferred choice of healthcare providers," says the analyst. "While the opportunity to install complete solutions is still limited, HIT platform vendors continue to increase their market shares by providing care providers with individual solutions from their comprehensive portfolios." Going forward, green-field projects and well-funded hospitals are likely to have the resources required to install or completely replace their existing infrastructure, thereby benefiting from superior technology that can ensure efficiency, reliability, flexibility and cost containment.