Healthcare CEO: Final Report

To ensure the most informed, representative coverage of the field possible, data were solicited from one individual per healthcare provider organization. More than 1,100 CEOs at healthcare organizations across the United States were sent electronic invitations to this year’s survey. This format helped ensure that each organization was represented only one time in the survey.

One senior-level executive from 51 healthcare organizations completed the self-administered Web-based questionnaire over a six-week period beginning on December 11, 2002. Data from healthcare CIOs were captured in a separate survey, the results of which were reported at the 2003 Annual HIMSS Conference and Exhibition on February 10, 2003. Results from surveys of CEOs in the vendor community were released in March and the opinions of chief clinical officers at provider organizations will be released in conjunction with this survey.