NEW YORK, Feb. 26, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- UK Healthcare
delivery is being restructured to improve cohesion between
secondary and primary care segments and healthcare professionals
and patients; HCIT solutions have a key role in this transition.
Furthermore, failure of many large investment initiatives has paved
way for the UK eHealth strategy and eHealth action plan 2011-2017.
This study discusses HCIT strategies in the UK primary and
secondary care sectors, market adoption of HCIT, focus areas, and
type of contracts. It focuses on the roles of government, NHS, and
regional healthcare and regulatory authorities. The study also
documents key pilot and commercial HCIT projects and vendor
opportunities. The report analyses HCIT in Wales, England, Scotland, and Northern Ireland.
Scope and Segmentation
•The scope of research revolves around healthcare IT strategies in
the primary and secondary care sectors in the United Kingdom.
•The study covers market adoption of various healthcare IT
segments, focus areas, and type of contracts, specifically
analysing the roles of government, National Health Service (NHS),
regional healthcare, and regulatory authorities in the healthcare
IT roadmap.
•The study also documents important pilot and commercial healthcare
IT projects and opportunities for healthcare IT vendors in various
market segments such as telehealth and telecare, chronic disease
management, electronic health record, and other eHealth
solutions.
Key Findings
•Total UK healthcare expenditure is higher than the average spent
by countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and
Development (OECD), of which, x – % make up HCIT investments.
•The NHS in conjunction with the department of health (DoH) and the
UK government have goals of improving productivity and quality
standards. Therefore, investments in HCIT solutions are being
encouraged towards maximum resource utilisation at optimised
costs.
•Electronic health records (EHR), telehealth, ePrescribing, and
remote monitoring for self/home care are the main HCIT solutions
being focused on in order to achieve cross-border healthcare,
long-term management of chronic diseases, and increasing patient
engagement.
•Healthcare delivery in the United
Kingdom is being restructured to improve the cohesion
between secondary and primary care segments. Therefore, healthcare
professionals and patients, and HCIT solutions will have a
significant role to play in this transition.
•Furthermore, increase in budgets allocated to HCIT investments and
revamping of legal and financial regulations (especially
reimbursements) are expected to be conducive towards driving HCIT
adoption in the United
Kingdom.
•The United Kingdom has high HCIT market penetration aided by
several existing long-term initiatives driving adoption. However,
the failure of several large investment initiatives has led the
United Kingdom to introduce the
eHealth strategy and eHealth action plan, 2011-2017. The key
differentiating element in the UK's latest initiative is the
shifted focus from a nation-wide strategy to locally-managed
solutions.
•Since 2010, several successful pilot projects for HCIT have been
carried out, demonstrating improved outcomes. The commercialisation
of these projects provide potential market opportunities for HCIT
vendors.
CEO's Perspective
eHealth initiatives will add impetus to the adoption of HCIT and
provide a potential market opportunity for vendors.
The establishment of interoperability standards and amendment of EU
medical-device directive to include HCIT solutions will increase
market maturity.
Increased HCIT budgets, commercialisation of pilot projects,
revamped HCIT reimbursement, and amendments to the physician pay
schedule will drive market growth.
3 Big Predictions
The eHealth action plan, which is expected to be fully implemented
by 2017, will increase demand for HCIT solutions.
The NHS, DoH, and UK government are focusing on a localised
strategy for eHealth adoption; regions in the United Kingdom such as England, Wales, Northern
Ireland, and Scotland are
making considerable progress in fulfilling this action plan.
This new eHealth initiative is expected to increase collaboration
between care segments, enable patient centricity, improve
interoperability, and encourage high resource utilisation at
optimised costs.
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