Healthcare CIO: Final Report

Over 90 percent of survey respondents were chief information officers (CIOs) or directors of information systems (IS). Specifically, 71 percent of respondents were corporate (system level) CIOs/IS directors; another 22 percent were hospital CIOs or IS directors. This distribution is very similar to last year's survey participants. The remaining respondents reported their position as department head/director, manager or “other.”

Over half of the survey respondents report they work for a multi-hospital system, with another 34 percent reporting that they work at a stand-alone hospital. Thus, 86 percent of respondents worked for an organization headed by a hospital, compared to 89 percent in 2003. Other types of healthcare facilities represented include physicians' offices, mental/behavioral health facilities, long-term care facilities and home health agencies.

Respondents working in a hospital setting were asked to identify the number of hospitals at which they oversee the technology decisions. Over half report that they are responsible for the technology at a single hospital, and another 28 percent oversee technology at two or three hospitals. Six percent of respondents oversee the technology decisions at ten or more hospitals.

The majority of healthcare facilities represented in this study—82 percent—were not-for-profit, down from 86 percent in 2003. The number of government facilities in this year's survey was ten percent, up from six percent in 2003.

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

• $50 million or less—16 percent;
• $51 million to $200 million—26 percent;
• $201 million to $350 million—14 percent;
• $351 million to $500 million—14 percent;
• $501 million to $1 billion—16 percent;
• More than $1 billion—10 percent; and
• Don't Know/Not Applicable—5 percent.

For the second consecutive year, the majority of respondents were from the East North Central region¹. This was closely followed by the Mountain² and South Atlantic³ regions. The East South Central region⁴ had the smallest number of participants.

The number of full-time equivalent employees (FTEs) reported to be employed in the IT departments of participant's organizations were:

• Fewer than Five—8 percent;
• Five to Nine—13 percent;
• 10 to 24—25 percent;
• 25 to 50—20 percent;
• 51 to 75—11 percent;
• 76 to 100—7 percent;
• More than 100—17 percent.

¹Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin

²Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming

³Washington, DC, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia

⁴Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee