2009 Echocardiography Census Market Summary Report
Based on interviews with 1,383 locations, this report extrapolates the data to our identified universe of 2,685 U.S. hospitals with 100 or more beds, plus either 400 or 3,100 non-hospital locations, profiling major trends in echocardiography utilization and purchasing decisions. This report summarizes data from a census conducted by IMV Medical Information Division from March 2009 through August 2009, covering the nation's 100+ bed hospitals, imaging centers and cardiology practices that perform echocardiography procedures. The report covers national trends in procedure volumes, in features and manufacturers of installed equipment, in equipment buying plans, in echo networking plans, in contrast media and pharm stress utilization, in operational budgets and in staffing levels.
Key Features
Echocardiography Procedure Volume and Patient Visits
-What is the trend in total echo procedure volume in the nation's hospitals, from 1997 to 2009?
-What is the average procedure volume by hospital bed size, and compared to cardiology practices?
-For stress testing, what proportion of the echo patients use a treadmill vs. pharmacological stress agents?
Contrast Agent Utilization and Budgets
-What is the trend in the number of sites using commercial contrast agents for echo procedures?
-What is the average budget for contrast agents?
-How many echo paitents are stressed and how?
Echocardiography Installed Base and Purchase Plans
-How many echo units are installed, by site type?
-What type of echo features are being purchased?
-What is the brand loyalty of current echo users?
Workstations and Networking
-What is the trend in the use of dedicated workstations used for reviewing and analyzing echo images?
-To what extent are cath lab, nuclear medicine and other images also accessible on the echo workstations?
-What percent of echo sites use information systems for scheduling and reporting echo studies?
Site Operations Characteristics
-How many FTE sonographers (certified vs. non-certified), nurses, clerical and administrators are employed per site?
-How many echo procedures were performed per FTE sonographer? Per echo imaging unit? Per site?
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