Historical Hospital Data

Dorenfest Institute

Through the HIMSS Foundation, The Dorenfest Institute for Health Information Technology Research and Education helps meet the academic and global demand for healthcare information technology data to improve patient care. This online resource was created by a generous donation from Sheldon

I. Dorenfest, President/CEO of The Dorenfest Group in Chicago, Illinois.
• The Dorenfest Institute provides:
o detailed historical data
o reports
o white papers
o all of the above regarding IT use in hospitals and integrated healthcare delivery networks
• Eligibility requirements for database access
o Universities
o Students under university license
o US. Government (local, state, federal)
o Governments of other countries for research purposes
• Free resources currently available to all visitors to website
o Annual Report of the US Hospital IT Market
o White papers
o The Financial Systems Hospital IT Market, 1998 – 2005
• Databases available for qualified applicants
o The data includes the entire library of Dorenfest 3000+ Databases™ and Dorenfest Integrated Healthcare Delivery System Databases™ for the period 1986 through 2004
 The Dorenfest Complete Integrated HEALTHCARE DELIVERY SYSTEM PLUS (IHDS+) DATABASE™ is a market intelligence tool that has profiled Hospital and Integrated Delivery System IT efforts from 1986 to 2004.
o Information in the database includes:
 Market segmentation and size statistics
 IT purchase plans for healthcare organizations
 Software, hardware, and infrastructure installed throughout all facilities within each IDN
o Link to Dorenfest access registration

List of completed projects using Dorenfest Databases

• Include title of project, author and link to document abstract
• Include a link / mailing address where completed projects can be sent