Healthcare
The Healthcare Industry encompassing Hospitals, Providers, Health Systems, Clinics and Payors – continue to face rising healthcare costs and unequal access that threaten system sustainability with the national health spend (as a percent of GDP) set to grow from 16.2% in 2005 to 20.0% in 2015. Given this fact, the Healthcare Industry faces several challenges:
With research indicating that healthcare providers will be spending close to $25 billion on clinical IT alone and $40 billion on IT in general within the next two years, it is important to select the right kinds of solutions with future trends in mind.
Given the current challenges and industry drivers, the Healthcare vertical in Echelon will be able to deliver solutions and execute projects that will provide optimal solutions for today and position healthcare organizations for a fast changing future with expertise in the following areas:
Shifting Managed Markets Environment
Lack of uniform federal legislation which results in a patchwork quilt of regulations across the country
Lack of transparency for information to consumers on quality and pricing information
Cost Shifting to Consumers
Movement toward an Electronic Health Records (EHR) system with new governmental standards for patient identifiers and a shift towards digital hospitals
Large, outdated and expensive legacy systems in most healthcare environments
Consumerism with a focus on providing information to employees and corporations in order to empower the patient to make better healthcare decisions and also help control rising costs
HIPAA Regulations
With research indicating that healthcare providers will be spending close to $25 billion on clinical IT alone and $40 billion on IT in general within the next two years, it is important to select the right kinds of solutions with future trends in mind.
Given the current challenges and industry drivers, the Healthcare vertical in Echelon will be able to deliver solutions and execute projects that will provide optimal solutions for today and position healthcare organizations for a fast changing future with expertise in the following areas:
Hospital Management Systems
Practice Management Systems
Laboratory Products
Pharmacy Order Management Products
Mobile Computing Systems
Core Architecture for Hospital Management Systems
Payer Administration Systems
HL7 Messaging
HIPAA
Enterprise Applications (SAP/Oracle)
