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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 INTRODUCTION 18
1.1 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY 18
1.2 REPORT DESCRIPTION 18
1.3 MARKETS COVERED 19
1.4 STAKEHOLDERS 21
1.5 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 22
1.5.1 MARKET SIZE ESTIMATION & DATA TRIANGULATION 23
1.5.2 KEY DATA FROM SECONDARY SOURCES 26
1.5.3 KEY DATA GIVEN BY PRIMARY SOURCES 26
1.5.4 ASSUMPTIONS 27
2 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 28
3 PREMIUM INSIGHTS 32
3.1 CONTRIBUTION OF HEALTHCARE TO OVERALL BI MARKET 32
3.2 GLOBAL HEALTHCARE BI MARKET SIZE 33
3.3 MARKET DYNAMICS 34
3.4 LIFE CYCLE PLOT 35
3.5 MARKET SNAPSHOT 36
3.6 MARKET, BY FUNCTION 37
3.7 MARKET, BY APPLICATION 38
3.8 TECHNOLOGY MARKET 39
3.9 END USER MARKET 40
3.10 GEOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS 41
3.11 COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE 42
4 MARKET OVERVIEW 43
4.1 INTRODUCTION 44
4.2 MARKET DEFINITION & SCOPE 44
4.3 MARKET SEGMENTATION 45
4.4 MARKET DYNAMICS 46
4.4.1 DRIVERS 46
4.4.1.1 Rising demand for reduction in healthcare costs to drive the market growth 46
4.4.1.2 Federal healthcare mandates boosting the uptake of BI solutions 47
4.4.1.3 Rise in data availability propelling the market growth 47
4.4.1.4 Need to improve healthcare outcomes and enhance patient satisfaction driving the market growth 48
4.4.1.5 Increasing need for regulatory compliance & reporting to drive the market 48
4.4.2 RESTRAINTS 49
4.4.2.1 Lack of resources with cross-functional skills pose a major market growth barrier 49
4.4.2.2 Complexity of IT systems to slow down the market growth 49
4.4.2.3 Lack of flexibility to hamper the market growth 50
4.4.3 OPPORTUNITIES 50
4.4.3.1 Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) to accelerate this market growth 50
4.4.3.2 Growing need for mobile BI to give new angle to this market 50
4.4.3.3 Cloud-based solutions opening up new opportunities 51
4.4.4 CHALLENGES 52
4.4.4.1 Data privacy & Security 52
4.4.4.2 Data complexity 52
5 GLOBAL HEALTHCARE BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE (BI) MARKET, BY FUNCTION 53
5.1 INTRODUCTION 54
5.2 QUERY & REPORTING TOOLS 57
5.3 OLAP AND VISUALIZATION TOOLS 58
5.4 PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT/ MONITORING & ALERTS 60
6 GLOBAL HEALTHCARE BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE (BI) MARKET, BY APPLICATION 62
6.1 INTRODUCTION 63
6.1.1 CLINICAL CARE OPTIMIZATION (QUALITY AND SAFETY) 67
6.1.2 PHYSICIAN PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKING AND MONITORING 69
6.1.3 REGULATORY REPORTING & COMPLIANCE 70
6.2 FINANCIAL ANALYSIS 72
6.2.1 CLAIMS ANALYSIS 74
6.2.2 REVENUE CYCLE MANAGEMENT 75
6.2.3 PLANNING, FORECASTING, AND BUDGETING 76
6.3 OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE & COST MANAGEMENT 78
6.3.1 SERVICE LINE ANALYSIS & SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT 80
6.3.2 RESOURCE AND HUMAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT 81
6.3.3 MARKETING ANALYSIS 82
7 GLOBAL HEALTHCARE BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE (BI) MARKET, BY TECHNOLOGY 84
7.1 INTRODUCTION 85
7.2 TRADITIONAL BI 86
7.3 CLOUD BI 87
7.4 MOBILE BI 89
8 GLOBAL HEALTHCARE BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE (BI) MARKET, BY END USER 92
8.1 INTRODUCTION 93
8.2 PROVIDERS 94
8.3 HOSPITALS 96
8.3.1 PHYSICIAN PRACTICES 97
8.3.2 IDN,MCO,ACO & HIE 99
8.4 PAYERS 101
9 GEOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS 103
9.1 INTRODUCTION 104
9.2 NORTH AMERICA 106
9.2.1 U.S. 115
9.2.2 CANADA 119
9.3 EUROPE 123
9.4 ASIA 132
9.5 ROW 141
10 COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE 150
10.1 INTRODUCTION 150
10.2 NEW PRODUCT LAUNCHES AND DEVELOPMENTS 151
10.3 CONTRACTS, AGREEMENTS, PARTNERSHIPS & STRATEGIC ALLIANCES 156
10.4 MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS 159
10.5 EXPANSIONS 161
10.6 INFORMATION BUILDERS, INC.: RAPIDLY EMERGING PLAYER 163
11 COMPANY PROFILES 164
(Overview, Financials, Products & Services, Strategy, & Developments)*
11.1 ACCENTURE PLC 164
11.2 IBM CORPORATION 167
11.3 INFORMATION BUILDERS, INC. 171
11.4 MICROSOFT CORPORATION 176
11.5 MICROSTRATEGY, INC. 180
11.6 ORACLE CORPORATION 184
11.7 QLIK TECHNOLOGIES INC. 189
11.8 SAP AG 194
11.9 SAS INSTITUTE, INC. 199
11.10 TABLEAU SOFTWARE INC. 203
*Details on Financials, Product & Services, Strategy, & Developments might not be captured in case of unlisted companies.
LIST OF TABLES
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TABLE 1 GLOBAL HEALTHCARE BI MARKET, BY APPLICATION,
2011-2018 ($MILLION) 29
TABLE 2 GLOBAL HEALTHCARE BI MARKET, BY FUNCTION,
2011-2018 ($MILLION) 55
TABLE 3 HEALTHCARE BI MARKET, BY GEOGRAPHY, 2011-2018 ($MILLION) 56
TABLE 4 QUERY & REPORTING TOOLS MARKET, BY GEOGRAPHY,
2011-2018, ($MILLION) 58
TABLE 5 OLAP & VISUALIZATION TOOLS MARKET, BY GEOGRAPHY,
2011-2018, ($MILLION) 59
TABLE 6 PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT/ MONITORING & ALERTS MARKET,
BY GEOGRAPHY, 2011-2018 ($MILLION) 61
TABLE 7 GLOBAL HEALTHCARE BI MARKET, BY APPLICATION,
2011-2018 ($MILLION) 64
TABLE 8 GLOBAL CLINICAL BI MARKET, BY TYPE, 2011-2018 ($MILLION) 66
TABLE 9 CLINICAL BI MARKET, BY GEOGRAPHY, 2011-2018 ($MILLION) 67
TABLE 10 CLINICAL CARE OPTIMIZATION MARKET, BY GEOGRAPHY,
2011-2018 ($MILLION) 68
TABLE 11 PHYSICIAN PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKING AND MONITORING MARKET, BY GEOGRAPHY, 2011-2018 ($MILLION) 70
TABLE 12 REGULATORY REPORTING & COMPLIANCE MARKET, BY GEOGRAPHY, 2011-2018 ($MILLION) 71
TABLE 13 GLOBAL HEALTHCARE BI FINANCIAL ANALYSIS MARKET,
BY TYPE, 2011-2018 ($MILLION) 73
TABLE 14 FINANCIAL ANALYSIS MARKET, BY GEOGRAPHY, 2011-2018 ($MILLION) 74
TABLE 15 CLAIMS ANALYSIS MARKET, BY GEOGRAPHY, 2011-2018 ($MILLION) 75
TABLE 16 REVENUE CYCLE MANAGEMENT MARKET, BY GEOGRAPHY,
2011-2018 ($MILLION) 76
TABLE 17 PLANNING, FORECASTING, AND BUDGETING MARKET, BY GEOGRAPHY, 2011-2018 ($MILLION) 77
TABLE 18 GLOBAL OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE & COST MANAGEMENT MARKET, BY TYPE, 2011-2018 ($MILLION) 78
TABLE 19 OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE & COST MANAGEMENT MARKET,
BY GEOGRAPHY, 2011-2018 ($MILLION) 79
TABLE 20 SERVICE LINE ANALYSIS & SUPPLY CHAIN MARKET, BY GEOGRAPHY, 2011-2018 ($MILLION) 81
TABLE 21 RESOURCE AND HUMAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT MARKET,
BY GEOGRAPHY, 2011-2018 ($MILLION) 82
TABLE 22 MARKETING ANALYSIS MARKET, BY GEOGRAPHY,
2011-2018 ($MILLION) 83
TABLE 23 GLOBAL HEALTHCARE BI MARKET, BY TECHNOLOGY,
2011-2018, ($MILLION) 85
TABLE 24 HEALTHCARE TRADITIONAL BI MARKET, BY GEOGRAPHY,
2011-2018 ($MILLION) 87
TABLE 25 HEALTHCARE CLOUD BI MARKET, BY GEOGRAPHY,
2011-2018 ($MILLION) 89
TABLE 26 HEALTHCARE MOBILE BI MARKET, BY GEOGRAPHY,
2011-2018 ($MILLION) 91
TABLE 27 GLOBAL HEALTHCARE BI MARKET, BY END USER,
2011-2018 ($MILLION) 93
TABLE 28 HEALTHCARE BI PROVIDER MARKET, BY GEOGRAPHY,
2011-2018 ($MILLION) 95
TABLE 29 GLOBAL HEALTHCARE BI PROVIDER MARKET, BY TYPE,
2011-2018 ($MILLION) 96
TABLE 30 HEALTHCARE BI HOSPITAL MARKET, BY GEOGRAPHY,
2011-2018 ($MILLION) 97
TABLE 31 HEALTHCARE BI PHYSICIAN PRACTICES MARKET, BY GEOGRAPHY, 2011-2018 ($MILLION) 99
TABLE 32 HEALTHCARE BI IDN, ACO, MCO AND HIE MARKET, BY GEOGRAPHY, 2011-2018 ($MILLION) 101
TABLE 33 HEALTHCARE BI PAYERS MARKET, BY GEOGRAPHY,
2011-2018 ($MILLION) 102
TABLE 34 NORTH AMERICA: HEALTHCARE BI MARKET, BY FUNCTION,
2011-2018 ($MILLION) 107
TABLE 35 NORTH AMERICA: HEALTHCARE BI MARKET, BY GEOGRAPHY,
2011-2018, ($MILLION) 108
TABLE 36 NORTH AMERICA: HEALTHCARE BI MARKET, BY APPLICATION,
2011-2018 ($MILLION) 109
TABLE 37 NORTH AMERICA: HEALTHCARE BI CLINICAL MARKET, BY TYPE,
2011-2018 ($MILLION) 110
TABLE 38 NORTH AMERICA: HEALTHCARE BI FINANCIAL ANALYSIS MARKET,
BY TYPE, 2011-2018 ($MILLION) 111
TABLE 39 NORTH AMERICA: HEALTHCARE BI OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE AND COST MANAGEMENT MARKET, BY TYPE, 2011-2018 ($MILLION) 112
TABLE 40 NORTH AMERICA: HEALTHCARE BI MARKET, BY TECHNOLOGY,
2011-2018 ($MILLION) 113
TABLE 41 NORTH AMERICA: HEALTHCARE BI MARKET, BY END USER,
2011-2018 ($MILLION) 114
TABLE 42 NORTH AMERICA: HEALTHCARE BI PROVIDER MARKET,
BY TYPE, 2011-2018 ($MILLION) 115
TABLE 43 U.S.: HEALTHCARE BI MARKET, BY APPLICATION,
2011-2018 ($MILLION) 117
TABLE 44 U.S.: HEALTHCARE BI MARKET, BY TECHNOLOGY,
2011-2018 ($MILLION) 118
TABLE 45 U.S.: HEALTHCARE BI MARKET, BY END USER, 2011-2018 ($MILLION) 119
TABLE 46 CANADA: HEALTHCARE BI MARKET, BY APPLICATION,
2011-2018 ($MILLION) 120
TABLE 47 CANADA: HEALTHCARE BI MARKET, BY TECHNOLOGY,
2011-2018 ($MILLION) 121
TABLE 48 CANADA: HEALTHCARE BI MARKET, BY END USER,
2011-2018 ($MILLION) 122
TABLE 49 EUROPE: HEALTHCARE BI MARKET, BY FUNCTION,
2011-2018 ($MILLION) 124
TABLE 50 EUROPE: HEALTHCARE BI MARKET, BY APPLICATION,
2011-2018 ($MILLION) 125
TABLE 51 EUROPE: HEALTHCARE BI CLINICAL MARKET, BY TYPE,
2011-2018 ($MILLION) 126
TABLE 52 EUROPE: HEALTHCARE BI FINANCIAL ANALYSIS MARKET,
BY TYPE, 2011-2018 ($MILLION) 127
TABLE 53 EUROPE: HEALTHCARE BI OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE AND COST MANAGEMENT MARKET, BY TYPE, 2011-2018 ($MILLION) 128
TABLE 54 EUROPE: HEALTHCARE BI MARKET, BY TECHNOLOGY,
2011-2018 ($MILLION) 129
TABLE 55 EUROPE: HEALTHCARE BI MARKET, BY END USER,
2011-2018 ($MILLION) 130
TABLE 56 EUROPE: HEALTHCARE BI PROVIDER MARKET, BY TYPE,
2011-2018 ($MILLION) 131
TABLE 57 ASIA: HEALTHCARE BI MARKET, BY FUNCTION, 2011-2018 ($MILLION) 133
TABLE 58 ASIA: HEALTHCARE BI MARKET, BY APPLICATION,
2011-2018 ($MILLION) 134
TABLE 59 ASIA: HEALTHCARE BI CLINICAL MARKET, BY TYPE,
2011-2018 ($MILLION) 135
TABLE 60 ASIA: HEALTHCARE BI FINANCIAL ANALYSIS MARKET, BY TYPE,
2011-2018 ($MILLION) 136
TABLE 61 ASIA: HEALTHCARE BI OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE AND COST MANAGEMENT MARKET, BY TYPE, 2011-2018 ($MILLION) 137
TABLE 62 ASIA: HEALTHCARE BI MARKET, BY TECHNOLOGY,
2011-2018 ($MILLION) 138
TABLE 63 ASIA: HEALTHCARE BI MARKET, BY END USER, 2011-2018 ($MILLION) 139
TABLE 64 ASIA: HEALTHCARE BI PROVIDERS MARKET, BY END USER,
2011-2018 ($MILLION) 140
TABLE 65 ROW: HEALTHCARE BI MARKET, BY FUNCTION, 2011-2018 ($MILLION) 142
TABLE 66 ROW: HEALTHCARE BI MARKET, BY APPLICATION,
2011-2018 ($MILLION) 143
TABLE 67 ROW: HEALTHCARE BI CLINICAL MARKET, BY TYPE,
2011-2018 ($MILLION) 144
TABLE 68 ROW: HEALTHCARE BI FINANCIAL ANALYSIS MARKET, BY TYPE,
2011-2018 ($MILLION) 145
TABLE 69 ROW: HEALTHCARE BI OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE AND COST MANAGEMENT MARKET, BY TYPE, 2011-2018 ($MILLION) 146
TABLE 70 ROW: HEALTHCARE BI MARKET, BY TECHNOLOGY,
2011-2018 ($MILLION) 147
TABLE 71 ROW: HEALTHCARE BI MARKET, BY END USER, 2011-2018 ($MILLION) 148
TABLE 72 ROW: HEALTHCARE BI PROVIDERS MARKET, BY TYPE,
2011-2018 ($MILLION) 149
TABLE 73 NEW PRODUCT LAUNCHES & DEVELOPMENTS (2011-2014) 151
TABLE 74 CONTRACTS, AGREEMENTS, PARTNERSHIPS & STRATEGIC ALLIANCES (2011-2014) 156
TABLE 75 MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS (2011-2014) 160
TABLE 76 EXPANSIONS (2011-2014) 162
LIST OF FIGURES
FIGURE 1 MARKET CRACKDOWN & DATA TRIANGULATION 24
FIGURE 2 FORECAST MODEL 25
FIGURE 3 HEALTHCARE BI MARKET, BY GEOGRAPHY, 2013–2018 ($MILLION) 30
FIGURE 4 GLOBAL CONTRIBUTION OF HEALTHCARE TO OVERALL BI MARKET (2013) 32
FIGURE 5 GLOBAL HEALTHCARE BI MARKET, 2011-2018 ($MILLION) 33
FIGURE 6 MARKET DYNAMICS 34
FIGURE 7 HEALTHCARE BI LIFE CYCLE PLOT, BY TECHNOLOGY (2013) 35
FIGURE 8 MARKET SNAPSHOT 36
FIGURE 9 HEALTHCARE BI MARKET, BY FUNCTION, 2013 VS 2018 ($MILLION) 37
FIGURE 10 OPPORTUNITY MATRIX: GLOBAL HEALTHCARE BI MARKET,
BY APPLICATION, 2013 38
FIGURE 11 GLOBAL HEALTHCARE BI MARKET, BY TECHNOLOGY,
2011-2018 ($MILLION) 39
FIGURE 12 GLOBAL HEALTHCARE BI MARKET, BY END USER,
2013 VS 2018 ($MILLION) 40
FIGURE 13 HEALTHCARE BI MARKET, GEOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS, BY APPLICATION, 2013 ($MILLION) 41
FIGURE 14 PRODUCT PORTFOLIO VS FOCUS ON DEVELOPMENTS, BY KEY PLAYER (2013) 42
FIGURE 15 MARKET SEGMENTATION 45
FIGURE 16 HEALTHCARE BI MARKET, BY GEOGRAPHY ($MILLION) 105
FIGURE 17 KEY GROWTH STRATEGIES, 2011–2014 150
FIGURE 18 GLOBAL HEALTHCARE BI MARKET OVERALL STRATEGY, BY COMPANY, 2011–2014 163
【レポート販売概要】
■ タイトル：医療ビジネスインテリジェンス(BI)のグローバル市場動向（～2018）■ 英文：Healthcare Business Intelligence (BI) Market by Function (Reporting, OLAP, Monitoring), Application (Clinical & Financial), Technology (Traditional, Cloud, Mobile), End User (Hospitals, Clinics, ACO, HIE, Payers) - Trends & Global Forecasts to 2018
■ 発行日：2014年5月
■ 調査会社：Marketsandmarkets
■ 商品コード：Markets-HIT-2471
■ 調査対象地域：グローバル
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