IHE-PCD 2006 SurveyFinal Results
171 Responses•68 Vendors
•103 User Community
Survey by HIMSS AnalyticsReport Compiled by Ray Zambuto
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Demographics: Knowledge of IHE as a Percent of Total Respondents
I am actively involved with IHE through one of the domains or committees
I am familiar with IHE and/or the goals of interoperability but no practical experience
I had little or no knowledge of IHE prior to taking this survey
I have manufactured/specified/purchased /used devices or systems which are IHE compliant
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Respondent Demographics171 Individual Responses
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Vendor
Hospital based Clinical Engineer
Other
Other Hospital Based I.T. Professional
User of Medical Devices / Caregiver
Hospital Department Head
Hospital CIO
Regulator - Government or Other
Purchaser / Materials Mgr.
= Hospital Based
Vendor Demographics: Respondents’
Position /Department 68 Vendor Responses
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Systems Integration -Compliance
Management
Device Design
Sales
Software Design
Technical Support
Not my department
Vendor Size (# of Employees) 68 Vendor Responses
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Less than 10
10-100
100-1000
Over 1000
Vendor Position on IHE and Interoperability 68 Vendor Responses (Checking all that apply)
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We do not currently provide connectivity optionsoutside of our own products/systems
We have proprietary connectivity solutions
We would use IHE based solutions if they wereavailable
We are designing IHE compliance into our productsas they emerge
Vendor Type - Device or Application Product
68 Vendor Responses
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Applications
Devices
Both
Vendor Demographics: Vendor Products68 Vendor Responses
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Monitors - Vital Signs
Other
Home Care
Anesthesia
Infusion Devices
POC Lab Devices
Ventillators
Dialysis
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ECG
Imaging - PACS
Defibrillators
Laboratory
Ultrasound
Bone Density Scanner
Pharmacy
Women's Health
Demographics: User Organization Types77 Hospital Based Respondents*
*26 of the 103 Non-Vendor Respondents do not work in hospitals
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Univer si ty / T er tiar y Car e
300+ Bed Non P r ofi t
Smal ler Non P r ofi t
Municipal or State Instiution
100-299 Bed Non P r ofi t
For P r ofi t Chain
Other
Relationship of Clinical Engineering and IT at Respondents’ Hospitals77 Hospital Based Respondents*
*26 of the 103 Non-Vendor Respondents do not work in hospitals
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Do not know
CE is Outsourced
Do not cross paths
CE and IT are separate - work
closely
CE is Part of IT
Involvement in Purchasing Process77 Hospital Based Respondents
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Approve the Purchase of
Devices
Specify Devices for
Purchase
Use Devices
Importance of Interoperability to Hospital Based Respondents
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Not a Priority
Prefer interoperable
devices but not required
Moving to compliance -
willing to pay a premium
for interoperability
IHE compliance is a
requirement for purchase
if it is available
Survey Questions
Survey Questions were based on a 1-7 range of answers, with 7 being Extremely Important and 1 being not at all lmportant.
The responses were normalized to a single measure of importance by taking the sum of responses of 6 and 7 (very important/extremely important) less the sum of responses of 1 and 2 (very unimportant). This sum was then divided by the total number of responses in the respective groups, Vendor and User Community, to yield the percentage of respondents who considered the particular element to be important to them.
Survey Question: With respect to Medical Devices, how important is it for the following devices to become
integrated under the IHE?
= Users= Vendors
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Dialysis (acute / chronic)
Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumps
Infusion Pumps
Anesthesia Systems
Ventilators
Physiological Waveform Monitors
Vital Signs Reporting Devices
Percent of respondents that consider it important
Survey Question: With respect to Lab Point of Care Devices, how important is it for the following devices to
become integrated under the IHE?
= Users= Vendors
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Fecal Occult Blood
Blood Glucose Devices–outpatient
Hemoglobin
Blood Glucose Devices– inpatient
Percent of respondents that consider it important
Survey Question: Rate the importance to each department below in terms of the benefit from implementing IHE
= Users= Vendors
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Home Health
Oncology
OB/GYN
Infusion Therapy
General Med/Surg
Anesthesia
Pharmacy
ED
Surgery
ICU
Percent of respondents that consider it important
Survey Question: Which clinical applications would you like to see IHE target?
= Users= Vendors
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Wellness Monitoring (Such as non-clinical fitness activities)
Home Health monitoring (Such as remote monitoring of key indicators, smarthealthcare appliances, etc.)
Remote Consultation
Image Guided Surgery
Asset Utilization Management (Such as asset tracking, self-diagnosis / reportingsystems)
Remote viewing of waveforms
Integration of live waveform information into Clinical Systems
Clinical Decision Support
Alarm Notification Management
Remote Viewing of patient information on PDA or Tablet devices
Drug Administration
Medication Management
Real-time medical error detection / mitigation
Communicating physiologic measures to the EHR
Percent of respondents that consider it important
Survey Question: Which technological areas are the most important for Patient Care Device integration?
= Users= Vendors
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Quality of Service Management
RF Wireless
Security
Cross-enterprise information sharing
Common Terminology / Data Structures / Protocols
Survey Question: What are the greatest incentives for IHE integration?
= Users= Vendors
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Federal reimbursement incentives
Reduced complexity of purchasing process
Privacy and Security for Patients
Improved compliance process
Long term cost reduction
Workflow simplification
Patient Safety
Percent of respondents that consider it important
Survey Question: What do you see as the biggest barriers to realizing IHE integration of patient care devices?
= Users= Vendors
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Fear of Litigation
Market still in “earlyadopter” phase
Expense/Cost
Lack of AdoptedTechnology Standards
Percent of respondents that consider it important