Next Frontier of Healthcare Payer Business Intelligence Strategies, The

This Health Industry Insights report provides a macrolevel assessment of healthcare payer business intelligence pain points, strategies, investment, and the new emerging technology investment and management models expected though 2010. The report is based on qualitative surveys with healthcare payers during the third quarter of 2007.

"A convergence of 'perfect storm' environments is emerging within the U.S. healthcare payer commercial competitive environment, around new product and transparency demands, and among solutions vendors of business intelligence and related technologies. High market volatility combined with significant business intelligence and management needs will introduce management and investment complexities for healthcare payers through at least the end of the decade,"said Janice Young, program director, Health Industry Insights Healthcare Payer.

• Health Industry Insights Opinion
• In This Report
  • Metholodogy
  • Figure: Survey Respondent Demographics by Number of Individuals Enrolled in Plan
• Situation Overview
  • Introduction
    • The Business Intelligence"Perfect Storm"
    • Triggering the Tipping Point ? Growth and Transparency
    • Where Healthcare Payers Are Now: Business Intelligence 2007
    • Figure: Internal Drivers of Business Intelligence Investment Through 2010
    • How Healthcare Payer Strategies Will Evolve: Business Intelligence 2007
    • Figure: External Drivers of Business Intelligence Investment Through 2010
    • Information Management Technologies 2007: A Wide Variation of Rudimentary, Tactical, and Strategic Programs
    • Current Strategies Create Business Challenges
  • What Is at Stake?
• Future Outlook
  • Industry Impact
  • Table: U.S. BI Software and Services Spending in the Health Industry, 2007-2011
  • Figure: Planned Business Intelligence Investments in 2008
    • An Enterprise Management Model
    • The Intersection of Business Intelligence and Transparency Initiatives
    • Greater Consolidation and Integration of Information
    • Single Source/Multiview
    • Near Real-Time Information Fueling the Emergence of Dynamic Information Access
• Essential Guidance
  • Actions to Consider
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  • Related Research
  • Synopsis