Final Report: Providers

3. Profile of Survey Respondents

The majority of survey respondents were chief information officers (CIOs) or directors of information systems (IS). Forty-two percent of respondents were hospital CIOs or IS directors; another 42 percent were corporate CIOs or IS directors. Additionally, almost 9 percent of respondents were department heads or directors. Senior executives constituted a higher proportion of respondents in this year's survey than in last year's survey.

Forty-seven percent of the respondents worked for a stand-alone hospital and another 43 percent worked for a hospital that is part of a multi-hospital system/network. In last year's survey, 77 percent worked in a hospital setting. Other types of healthcare facilities represented (10 percent) include mental/behavioral healthcare facilities, physician's offices, nursing homes, and home health agencies. Like last year, the majority of healthcare facilities in this study-80 percent-were not-for-profit.

Annual gross revenue for the provider organizations represented in this year's survey were:

  • $50 million or less-15 percent;
  • $51 million to $200 million-37 percent;
  • $201 million to $350 million-17 percent;
  • $351 million to $500 million-10 percent;
  • $501 million to $1 billion-6 percent; and
  • More than $1 billion-6 percent.

Additionally, almost 3 percent of the respondents worked for military organizations not reporting revenue. A comparison should not be drawn with last year's data because this year's revenue represents the facility an individual works for, while last year's responses represented the entire corporate entity.

By design, all of this year's respondents were from the United States. The Mountain, East North Central, and South Atlantic regions had the largest number of respondents. The New England region had the lowest number of respondents.

Figures:

Figure 1. Participant Profile-Titles
Figure 2. Participant Profile-Facility Type
Figure 3. Participant Profile-Facility Tax Status
Figure 4. Participant Profile-Facility Revenue
Figure 5. Participant Profile-Region

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