Data Storage Management Solutions Essential to Meet HIPAA Recommendations.PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Healthcare facilities in the United States are currently in a rush to meet the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was enacted by the U.S. Congress in 1996. According to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) website, Title I of HIPAA protects health insurance coverage for workers and their families when (HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law 104-191) Also known as the "Kennedy-Kassebaum Act," this U.S. law protects employees' health insurance coverage when they change or lose their jobs (Title I) and provides standards for patient health, ) deadline for security compliance. Data storage management solutions are likely to play a key role in preparing these facilities to meet the HIPAA recommendations regarding keeping patient record in a timely, secure, and organized manner. New analysis from Frost & Sullivan (http://www.healthcare.frost.com), Data Storage Management Markets for U.S. Healthcare Settings, reveals that revenue in this industry totaled $845.2 million in 2004 for storage hardware solutions, and projects to reach $1,329.6 million in 2008. If you are interested in a virtual brochure, which provides manufacturers, end-users and other industry participants an overview of the latest analysis of the Data Storage Management Markets for U.S. Healthcare Settings - then send an email to Danielle White - Corporate Communications at dwhite@frost.com with the following information: your full name, company name, title, telephone number, fax number, and email. Upon receipt of the above information, an overview will be sent to you via e-mail. The market is already showing a marked increase in IT spending on security system upgrades. Investment in picture archiving and communication systems (PACS (Picture ArChiving System) A storage and management system for high-resolution images. Typically pertaining to the medical field, images such as X-rays, MRIs and CAT scans require a greater amount of storage than other industries. ), electronic medical records (EMR (ElectroMagnetic Radiation) The emanation of energy from everything in the universe. Although the EMR from electrical and electronic devices is typically measured for practical, every-day situations, every object, including humans, emanates energy. ), and computerized physician order entry (CPOE CPOE Computerized Physician Order Entry CPOE Computerized Provider Order Entry CPOE Computerized Prescriber Order Entry ) solutions expects to be among the top priorities. "With efficient storage solutions playing the supporting role to clinical information solutions, storage vendors should continue increasing their focus on this area," says Frost & Sullivan Research Analyst Natesh Subbarajagupta Kare. For successful implementation, storage vendors have to coordinate not only with HIPAA consultants, but also with providers of clinical information systems, right from the product development stage. They can also conduct pilot projects at the healthcare centers to check security compliance. Most of the demand for high storage requirements expects to come from medical images, patient records, and hospital administration-related data. In fact, the healthcare data is increasing by more than four times every two years. Since data types are not homogeneous, integration between digital imaging and communications in medicine Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) is a standard for handling, storing, printing, and transmitting information in medical imaging. It includes a file format definition and a network communications protocol. (DICOM (medical, standard) DICOM - (From Digital Imaging and COmmunications in Medicine) A standard developed by ACR-NEMA (American College of Radiology - National Electrical Manufacturer's Association) for communications between medical imaging devices. ) and extensible mark-up language (XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. ) standards plays an important role for successful implementation. "Healthcare settings encounter one of the most data-intensive environments, and hence, high scalability at very low costs is anticipated to be a key differentiation factor for storage management solutions," emphasizes Natesh Kare. Given the capacity and complexity of data management, vendors need to be meticulous about positioning their storage solutions. Marketing and direct sales staff should adopt a 'push' marketing strategy for larger facilities so that they understand the capabilities of enterprise storage solutions in analyzing, estimating, and forecasting patient turnover in each department. Vendors must also aim for full responsibility in maintaining data integrity and availability. This will enable them to win long-term maintenance contracts and realize more opportunities in healthcare markets. Data Storage Management Markets for U.S. Hospitals, part of the Healthcare and Life Sciences IT subscription, evaluates the key trends and developments in the data storage management market. It also analyzes opportunities and challenges with respect to the storage hardware and software segments and provides strategies to assist participants in increasing the uptake of data storage management solutions in healthcare markets. Executive summaries and interviews are available to the press. Frost & Sullivan, a global growth consulting company, has been partnering with clients to support the development of innovative strategies for more than 40 years. Its advisory expertise integrates growth consulting, growth partnership services and corporate management training to identify and develop opportunities for clients. While serving clientele ranging from virtually every Global 1000 to emerging companies, Frost & Sullivan's comprehensive industry coverage includes a global perspective of all vertical and horizontal industries. Its unique coverage combines ongoing analysis of markets, technologies, econometrics, and demographics. For more information, visit http://www.frost.com Data Storage Management Markets for U.S. Healthcare Settings F141 Keywords in this release: data storage management, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, HIPAA, clinical information systems, storage hardware and software, digital imaging and communications in medicine, DICOM, picture archiving and communications systems, PACS, extensible mark-up language, XML, electronic medical records, EMR, computerized physician order entry, CPOE, scalable storage solutions, research, information, market, trends, technology, service, forecast, market share, network attached storage, NAS (1) See network access server. (2) (Network Attached Storage) A specialized file server that connects to the network. A NAS device contains a slimmed-down operating system and a file system and processes only I/O requests by supporting the popular , storage area network, SAN, direct attached storage, DAS, redundant array of inexpensive disks Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks - Redundant Arrays of Independent Disks , RAID, Tape libraries, Tape, storage software, hierarchical storage management See HSM. , HSM (1) (Hierarchical Storage Management) The automatic movement of files from hard disk to slower, less-expensive storage media. The typical hierarchy is from magnetic disk to optical disc to tape. , archive, backup and recovery, HL7, local area network, LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. , electronic health records, EHR, continuity of care records, CCR, internet SCSI SCSI in full Small Computer System Interface Once common standard for connecting peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, etc.) to small and medium-sized computers. SCSI has given way to faster standards, such as Firewire and USB. , iSCSI, integrated delivery networks, IDN |
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