Final Report: Vendors

3. Profile of Survey Respondents

Almost half of the respondents were chief executive officers. Another 10% of respondents were chief information officers or chief technology officers. The remaining respondents include consultants, directors, vice presidents, chief operating officers, executive vice presidents, chief financial officers, and managers. Over half - (54%) - reported that strategy was their primary responsibility within their firm. Other areas of primary responsibility include consulting, marketing, sales, product management or product development, and implementation.

Respondents identified their company's primary business in the following manner:

Enterprise application vendor-28 percent;
Consulting firm-23 percent;
Departmental/niche application vendor-13 percent;
ASP application vendor-9 percent;
Networking vendor-4 percent;
Hardware vendor-1 percent

The remaining 22% of respondents indicated that the primary focus of their firm was something other. These responses included outsourcing, transcription services, and executive search firms.

Eighty percent of the respondents indicated that their company targets the hospital marketplace. Another 61% indicated they target the physician office marketplace and 39% indicated they target alternate healthcare facilities, such as nursing homes or home health agencies.

Almost 87% of responding firms indicated that between 76% and 100% of their company's business is focused on the healthcare industry. Another 8% indicated that between 26% and 75% of their company's business is focused on healthcare. The remaining 5% of respondents indicated that 25% or less of their company's business is focused on healthcare.

Annual gross revenue for the vendor organizations represented in this year's survey is:

Less than $5 million-42 percent;
$5 million to $9 million-17 percent;
$10 million to $29 million-9 percent;
$30 million to $49 million-6 percent;
$50 million to $99 million-7 percent;
$100 million to $500 million-9 percent;
More than $500 million-5 percent

Figures:

Figure 1. Participant Profile-Title
Figure 2. Participant Profile-Primary Responsibility
Figure 3. Participant Profile-Primary Company Business
Figure 4. Participant Profile-Healthcare Market Segment
Figure 5. Participant Profile-Percent of Company Providing Healthcare Services
Figure 6. Participant Profile-Company Total Annual Revenue

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