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Overview

Introduction
Disease management is not a new concept in the healthcare industry and despite the heterogeneity that characterizes this field, such programs are becoming an important part of the healthcare sector. As the vendor industry continues to evolve through mergers and acquisitions, technology and consumer forces will shape future disease management offerings.

Scope
Insight into driving forces and inhibiting forces of the disease management market
Identification of key features used to evaluate a disease management program
Framework for assessing a disease management vendor and profiles of selected key vendors
Analysis of key technology trends and discussion of how they will shape future programs

Highlights
Consumer, physician, and payer demand will drive increasing levels of personalization in disease management.

Adoption of disease management programs will be facilitated by technology (e.g. mobile devices) and an industry-wide trend towards interoperability.

Disease management programs should be viewed as part of a tool set to reinforce the patient-physician relationship.

Reasons to Purchase
Identify and evaluate factors that will affect the disease management market
Monitor various types of disease management programs and the technologies that affect them
Learn how the vendor industry is evolving and which key elements are required for a disease management program to be successful”

Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ABOUT DATAMONITOR

CHAPTER 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Introduction

Market context

Competitive dynamics

Strategies for partnering with a disease management vendor

Future decoded

LIST OF FIGURES

CHAPTER 2 KEY FINDINGS

Scope of this report

Key Findings

Disease management programs are becoming an important part of the healthcare sector despite challenges

Consumer, physician and payer demand will drive increasing levels of personalization in disease management

Adoption of DM programs will be facilitated by technology (i.e. mobile devices) and an industry-wide trend towards interoperability

Disease management programs should be viewed as part of a tool set to reinforce the patient-physician relationship

A successful disease management program seamlessly integrates different players and achieves consistent intervention

CHAPTER 3 MARKET CONTEXT

Introduction

Industry trends

Key drivers

CHAPTER 4 KEY FEATURES OF A DM PROGRAM

Role of technology in disease management

Key findings

Emerging technologies that will influence disease management

How profiled vendors map to individual key features

CHAPTER 5 COMPETITIVE DYNAMICS

Key findings and trends

Overview of vendors

Although DM vendors fall into one of the following categories, mergers and acquisitions will continue to transform the industry

Profiles of select disease management vendors

Alere Medical

FutureHealth

HealthMedia

iMetrikus

ParadigmHealth

Current relative position of profiled vendors

CHAPTER 6 STRATEGIES FOR PARTNERING WITH A DM VENDOR

Formulating an effective disease management strategy

Framework for evaluating a disease management vendor

Challenges for DM vendors and other stakeholders

THE FUTURE DECODED

How will DM programs evolve

The disease management value proposition

APPENDIX

Research Methodology

Datamonitor Healthcare Technology Decision maker Panels

Related Datatmonitor eHealthInsight research 2005-2006

Datamonitor eHealth Physician Insight Survey 2005

Datamonitor eHealth Consumer Insight Survey 2005

Related Datamonitor eHealthInsight research, 2005 – 2006

Analyst Contacts

LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 1: Disease management in context: Consumers are becoming increasing involved in their health care

Figure 2: Patient-focused disease management (DM) programs vary in the degree of intervention they provide

Figure 3: End-user perspectives: Consumers

Figure 4: End-user perspectives: Physicians

Figure 5: Do your IT systems enable clinicians to view clinical and patient data from different departments within an integrated electronic medical record? (Yes/no) If not, what is your timeframe for enabling this integrated view?

Figure 6: How profiled vendors map to individual key features

Figure 7: Types of disease management vendors: Mergers and acquisitions will continue to shape the vendor landscape

Figure 8: Current relative position of profiled vendors

Figure 9: Framework for evaluating a disease management vendor

Figure 10: Do you have plans (in the next 1-2 years) to increase the level of personalization such as the following?

Figure 11: The disease management value proposition

Figure 12: What type of technology-enabled services would you like when interacting with your doctor’s office?

Figure 13: The ideal DM program connects different stakeholders