IHE-PCD 2006 Survey Final Results 171 Responses 68 Vendors 103 User Community Survey by HIMSS Analytics Report Compiled by Ray Zambuto

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 Increasing Knowledge

Respondent Demographics 171 Individual Responses = Hospital Based

Vendor Demographics: Respondents Position /Department 68 Vendor Responses

Vendor Size (# of Employees) 68 Vendor Responses

Vendor Position on IHE and Interoperability 68 Vendor Responses (Checking all that apply)

Vendor Type - Device or Application Product 68 Vendor Responses

Vendor Demographics: Vendor Products 68 Vendor Responses

Demographics: User Organization Types 77 Hospital Based Respondents* *26 of the 103 Non-Vendor Respondents do not work in hospitals

Relationship of Clinical Engineering and IT at Respondents Hospitals 77 Hospital Based Respondents* *26 of the 103 Non-Vendor Respondents do not work in hospitals

Involvement in Purchasing Process 77 Hospital Based Respondents

Importance of Interoperability to Hospital Based Respondents

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 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 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 Percent of respondents that consider it important

Survey Question: Which clinical applications would you like to see IHE target? = Users= Vendors Percent of respondents that consider it important

Survey Question: Which technological areas are the most important for Patient Care Device integration? = Users= Vendors

Survey Question: What are the greatest incentives for IHE integration? = Users= Vendors 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 Percent of respondents that consider it important