AMSTERDAM, Netherlands and
ORLANDO, Fla., Feb. 15, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Royal Philips
(NYSE: PHG; AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, today
released results of its latest healthcare leadership survey
conducted by HIMSS Analytics. The survey results reveal the
majority of health systems are focusing on implementing health
information technologies that are both cost-effective and
operationally effective in an effort to expand their population
health initiatives. As the industry moves toward value-based care,
hospitals and integrated delivery networks (IDNs) are seeking tools
that integrate seamlessly into existing electronic medical records
(EMRs) to enhance patient-centered care in their hospitals, homes
and communities, while also better managing entire populations.
Conducted by HIMSS Analytics on behalf of Philips and announced
at the 2017 Annual HIMSS Conference and Exhibition, the survey of
120 healthcare IT leaders sought to determine how health leaders
are prioritizing technology investments in an industry shift to
value-based care. Of the 120 respondents, 84 percent represent
either standalone hospitals or integrated delivery networks (IDNs),
55 percent identify as C-level executives, and 26.7 percent is
comprised of IT directors.
"The shift to value-based care and population health management
is critical to improving patient outcomes, and integrated solutions
can connect care across the health continuum to provide powerful
actionable insights to enable this transformation," said Carla
Kriwet, Chief Business Leader, Connected Care and Health
Informatics, Philips. "These survey results demonstrate the desire
for fully integrated, cost-effective and operationally effective
solutions, which our customers have proven can add tremendous value
and improve outcomes at every point of care."
As healthcare moves toward a value-based model, population
health initiatives become increasingly important. Three-quarters of
respondents already have population health programs in acute care,
and nearly two-thirds of respondents in both readmissions and
patient education. Additionally, there were increases in program
implementation since last year within home monitoring devices and
aging well or elderly care programs as well as notable plans for
future implementations, with priorities in mobile wellness
monitoring devices (58.3 percent), home monitoring devices (45.8
percent), and aging well or elderly care programs (42.5
percent).
Key Survey Findings:
- While care coordination remains a challenge overall in
population health management efforts (19.2 percent), financial
investment (20.8 percent) and patient engagement and adherence
(20.0 percent) are considered the biggest population health
challenges in 2017.
- Cloud-based technology is currently being used primarily for
health information exchange (48.3 percent), followed by clinical
data storage (34.2 percent). Health organizations plan to
prioritize cloud-based technology on managed application deployment
(40.8 percent) and big data analytics support (40.8 percent).
- Community diagnostic imaging centers (68 percent), ambulatory
surgery centers (61 percent) and urgent care (60 percent) have seen
the highest increases in the deployment of IT systems,
compared to physician's offices in 2016.
Philips is committed to providing a fully integrated suite of
advanced technologies and intelligent software, solutions and
services in a highly secure, cloud-based ecosystem, to deliver the
data and analytics needed to make better informed, more efficient
and effective value-based care decisions, from the hospital into
home.
Philips will showcase the breadth of its personal and population
health offerings and acute healthcare informatics solutions, fully
integrated in a highly secure, cloud-based ecosystem in booth #2105
at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society
(HIMSS) 2017 Annual Meeting and Exhibition. For more information on
Philips' presence at (HIMSS), please visit www.philips/himss and
follow @PhilipsLiveFrom for #HIMSS17 updates throughout the
event.
For further information, please contact:
Kathy O'Reilly
Philips Group Communications
Tel.: +1 978-659-2638
E-mail: Kathy.Oreilly@philips.com
Twitter: @kathyoreilly
About Royal
Philips
Royal Philips
(NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) is a leading health technology company
focused on improving people's health and enabling better outcomes
across the health continuum from healthy living and prevention, to
diagnosis, treatment and home care. Philips leverages advanced
technology and deep clinical and consumer insights to deliver
integrated solutions. Headquartered in the Netherlands, the company is a leader in
diagnostic imaging, image-guided therapy, patient monitoring and
health informatics, as well as in consumer health and home care.
Philips' health technology portfolio generated 2015 sales of
EUR 16.8 billion and employs
approximately 70,000 employees with sales and services in more than
100 countries. News about Philips can be found at
www.philips.com/newscenter.
About HIMSS Analytics
HIMSS Analytics® is a global
healthcare IT market intelligence, research and standards
organization assisting clientele in both healthcare delivery and
healthcare technology solutions business development to make
lasting improvements in efficiency and performance.
HIMSS Analytics offers a wide array of market insight and
research solutions custom-created to meet clientele business
objectives. Offering a full spectrum of research services from
general market understanding and opportunities, to finding ways to
improve business effectiveness, HIMSS Analytics' team of
experienced analysts and thought leaders guide clients through the
fast-paced, highly competitive health IT market to better
performance.
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