Final Report: Vendors
2. Methodology
To ensure the most informed, representative coverage of the field possible, data were solicited from one individual per supplier/consultant organization. Just over 1,000 CEOs and/or healthcare division leaders at vendor, supplier, and consulting organizations across the United States were contacted via e-mail and U.S. mail. This format helped ensure that each organization was represented only one time in the survey and that the respondent was a senior-level executive at that firm.
One senior-level executive from 96 different vendor, supplier, and consultant organizations located throughout the United States completed the self-administered Web-based questionnaire over a seven-week period beginning on November 19, 2001. Data from healthcare providers were captured in a separate survey; the results were reported at the 2002 Annual HIMSS Conference and Exhibition in January.
