top trends - overall

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Overall Survey Base

• Respondents work for Multihospital Organizations/Health Systems/IDNs (32%), Community and Regional Hospitals (30%), Imaging Centers (13%), Physician Group Practices (10%) and Academic Medical Centers (8%)

• While 40% reported a decrease in revenue from 2009 vs. 2010 (blaming declines in reimbursement), some 32% saw revenue increase during that period.

• Why is revenue increasing? Facilities are adding or recruiting new physicians and implementing operational efficiencies


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• Multihospital Organization/Health System

• Academic Medical Center

• Community and Regional Hospital

• Imaging Center

• Physician Group Practice

Change in your organization’s revenue: 2010 vs. 2009

Decreased 40%Increased 32%No change 28%

Overall Survey Base


Top five ways you are trying to increase your physician referral base

1. Sending out a marketing representative2. Adding or providing remote access to

clinical images and information3. Improving report/image turn-around time4. Partnerships with physician groups5. Adding or providing remote access to your EMR

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• Imaging Center


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Top five business concerns

1. Decrease in reimbursement2. Improve patient/customer satisfaction3. Improve productivity and workflow4. Creating new revenue sources5. Competition from other provider organizations

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• Imaging Center


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Change in your In-house staff (FTEs): 2010 vs. 2009Also view by:




• Imaging Center


Overall Survey Base

No change 40%Decreased 35%Increased 25%


Expected In-house staff (FTEs) changes in 2011Also view by:




• Imaging Center


Overall Survey Base

No change 60%Increase 23%Decrease 17%


Change in your Temporary staff: 2010 vs. 2009Also view by:




• Imaging Center


Overall Survey Base



Expected Temporary staff changes in 2011Also view by:




• Imaging Center


Overall Survey Base

No change 68%Decrease 21%Increase 11%


Change in Outsourced/Contracted staff:2010 vs. 2009Also view by:




• Imaging Center


Overall Survey Base



Expected Outsourced/Contracted staff changes in 2011Also view by:




• Imaging Center


Overall Survey Base

No change 71%Decrease 21%Increase 8%


Your organization’s information technology budget for 2010

Less than $100,000 – 30%

$100,000 to $500,000 – 24%

$1 Million to $10 Million – 21%

$500,000 to $1 Million – 20%

More than $10 Million – 5%

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• Imaging Center


Overall Survey Base


Changes you have experienced to your information technology budget in 2010

No change 47%Increase 40%Decrease 13%

Also view by:




• Imaging Center


Overall Survey Base


Top five information technologies you need replace or upgrade in 2010

1. PCs/Desktop/Mobile computers2. EMR3. Wireless technologies4. Health Information Exchange (HIE)5. Enterprise PACS/Image Management

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• Imaging Center


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Your organization’s clinical imaging devices budget for 2010

Less than $100,000 – 25%

$100,000 to $500,000 – 24%


$500,000 to $1 Million – 21%


Also view by:




• Imaging Center


Overall Survey Base


Changes you have experienced to your clinical imaging devices budget in 2010

No change 44%

Increase 29%

Decrease 27%

Also view by:




• Imaging Center


Overall Survey Base


Expected change to your clinical imaging devices budget in 2011Also view by:




• Imaging Center


Overall Survey Base

No change 38%

Increase 31%

Decrease 31%


Top five reasons for the increase to your clinical imaging devices budget

1. Updating/renovating existing facility(ies)2. Increase in study volume3. Overall growth in systems/technologies4. Adding new clinical service line(s)5. Upgrading IT infrastructure

(data storage, data network, etc.)

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• Imaging Center


Overall Survey Base


Top five clinical imaging devices you need replace or upgrade in 2010

1. MRI2. CT3. Ultrasound4. SPECT/CT5. DR

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• Imaging Center


Overall Survey Base


Your organization’s clinical information system budget for 2010

Less than $100,000 – 37%

$100,000 to $500,000 – 23%


$500,000 to $1 Million – 13%


Also view by:




• Imaging Center


Overall Survey Base


Changes you have experienced to your clinical information systems budget in 2010

No change 49%

Increase 35%

Decrease 16%

Also view by:




• Imaging Center


Overall Survey Base


Expected change to your clinical information systems budget in 2011

Increase 43%

No change 41%

Decrease 16%

Also view by:




• Imaging Center


Overall Survey Base


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