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Health Industry Insights Appoints Janice Young to Research Director

Posted on: Tuesday, 12 September 2006, 12:01 CDT

Former Gartner Analyst and Renown Expert Spearheads Payer Strategy Research at IDC Firm

IDC's Health Industry Insights company, provider of research and advisory services for the health industry, announces the appointment of Janice W. Young to research director of its Payer Information Technology (IT) Strategies program. Young, who most recently served as vice president and research director at research firm Gartner, is charged with identifying the key emerging trends and technologies impacting payer business success and IT portfolio management today. Her research will cover such hot topics as the future of healthcare business, consumer directed health plans (CDHP), outsourcing trends and directions, advanced analytics and pay for performance (P4P).

"There's a strong market demand, particularly among payer organizations, for information and solutions that can improve all facets of their business - from marketing positioning to quality of care," says Scott Lundstrom, vice president of research at Health Industry Insights. "Janice has both extensive experience in this area and an unwavering drive to help healthcare stakeholders achieve a higher level of efficiency."

Prior to her most recent stint at Gartner, Young also held senior positions at William M. Mercer's Healthcare Consulting Practice as well as Blue Cross and Blue Shield (BCBS) of Massachusetts. She launched her career at Tufts Health Plan in Waltham, MA, where she managed Tufts' IPA relationships and instituted management reporting and analytical tools to enhance the company's program management processes. Young holds both a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree and a Master of Health Sciences, Health Finance and Management from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD.

Adds Young, "I'm thrilled to be joining the talented team of individuals at Health Industry Insights and IDC. With our quantitative industry-specific approach, the firm is uniquely positioned to deliver healthcare executives with very targeted research and advisory services that are tailored to improve business results and healthcare outcomes."

Young will publish her first piece of research on the topic of P4P under the Health Industry Insights' moniker later this month.

About Health Industry Insights, an IDC company

Health Industry Insights, an IDC company, provides health industry executives with research-based advisory and consulting services that enable healthcare and life science executives to maximize the business value of their technology investments minimize technology risk through accurate planning; benchmark themselves against industry peers; adopt industry best practices for business/technology alignment; make more informed technology decisions; and drive technology-enabled business innovation. Health Industry Insights provides full coverage of the health industry value chain and closely follows the payer, provider and life science segments, with special emphasis on developing and employing strategies that leverage IT investments to maximize organizational performance. Staffed by senior analysts with significant technology experience in the health care industry, Health Industry Insights provides a portfolio of offerings that are relevant to both IT and business needs. Visit www.healthindustry-insights.com for more information.

Source: Business Wire

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