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Focus on Bandwidth Issues Essential to Promote the Uptake of Healthcare Software Solutions in South Africa

Posted on: Tuesday, 16 October 2007, 09:01 CDT

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c71644) has announced the addition of Frost & Sullivan's new report: End-user Analysis of Key Healthcare Software Solutions Market in South Africa to their offering.

This Frost & Sullivan research titled End-user Analysis of Key Healthcare Software Solutions Market in South Africa includes an analysis of customer investment trends, preferences and product satisfaction ratings. In this research, Frost & Sullivan's expert analysts thoroughly examine the following markets: private hospital sector, public hospital sector, radiology practices, general and specialist practices.

Development of Easy-to-use, Reliable, Affordable and Interoperable Healthcare Software Solutions Crucial to Meet Customer Needs

A recent Frost & Sullivan research assesses the investment trends pertaining to healthcare software solution end users in South Africa and their preferences. An understanding of how customers perceive healthcare software solutions/products will prove useful for both global companies and smaller market participants in the region. The reconstruction of the healthcare sector in post-apartheid South Africa is striving for equity in health service delivery and building of a decentralised health sector based on primary healthcare. In terms of information technology (IT) software solutions, the reconstruction of the health sector involves the standardisation of health data and the integration of hospital IT systems that are used in different provinces.

"Healthcare software end users indicated that ease-of-use, ease-of-upgrading, cost-effectiveness and interoperability were some of the key features they considered when selecting a software solution," notes the analyst of this research service. "The study also revealed that there is a general rise in healthcare software adoption in both the public and the private healthcare sectors, despite the fact that the necessary infrastructural, human resource and skills development requirements have not been met completely."

Focus on Bandwidth Issues Essential to Promote the Uptake of Healthcare Software Solutions

The main users of software solutions in both the public and private hospitals include ward clerks, administration and billing personnel and IT managers. In private practices, software solutions are mainly used by medical secretaries. At present, the lack of skilled personnel is a hindrance to the adoption of healthcare software solutions. To address this issue, more resources will have to be allocated to skills training and technical support.

The lack of bandwidth in South Africa also requires immediate attention, as it remains a significant bottleneck and substantially adds to the cost of healthcare software solutions. In order to alleviate the current bandwidth problem, South Africa will have to invest more resources in telecommunication infrastructure. "The cost of bandwidth will have to be revisited as it affects the overall use of IT in South Africa," explains the analyst. "Given this situation, some software providers are considering introducing innovative technologies that use compression technologies to transmit data."

Market Sectors

Expert Frost & Sullivan analysts thoroughly examine the following market sectors in this research:

By End User:

- Private healthcare sector

- Public healthcare sector

- Radiology practices

- General and specialist practices

- 1. Overview of the End-user Analysis of Key Healthcare Software Solutions Market in South Africa

-- 1. Executive Summary

-- 2. Research Aim and Objectives

-- 3. Research Scope

-- 4. Research Methodology

-- 5. South Africa: Overview

-- 6. South African Healthcare Sector

-- 7. Healthcare Software Solutions: Public Hospital Sector

-- 8. Healthcare Software Solutions: Private Sector

-- 9. Healthcare Software Solutions: GPs and Specialists

-- 10. Healthcare Software Solutions: Radiology

-- 11. Healthcare Software Solutions: Key Industry Participants

List of Figures

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c71644

Source: Business Wire

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