Analyst Profile

Lynne A. Dunbrack

Lynne A. Dunbrack

Program Director, Connected Health IT

Lynne A. Dunbrack is a nationally recognized thought leader in the application of information technology (IT) to the business problems of the health industry. Her understanding of industry needs is grounded in experience over the last 25 years working in a variety of positions in the healthcare field.

As program director for the IDC Health Insights' Connected Health IT Strategies program, Ms. Dunbrack provides research-based advisory and consulting services that enable payer, provider, life science and vendor executives to maximize the business value of their connected health strategies. Specific areas of Ms. Dunbrack's in-depth coverage include telemedicine utilizing video conferencing; telediagnostics; online care on demand; remote patient monitoring; mobile health; aging in place; and enabling technologies such as health information exchange (HIE) and electronic health records.

Ms. Dunbrack blogs in the IDC Health Insights Community (http://idc-insights-community.com/health).

Before joining IDC Health Insights, Ms. Dunbrack was a Product Manager for MA-SHARE, LLC, one of the nation’s first regional health information organizations (RHIOs). Prior to that, Ms. Dunbrack was Director of Product Management at NaviMedix, Inc. (now NaviNet). She also served as the Director of HIPAA Compliance.

As former Senior Healthcare Analyst and Practice Leader of Gartner's Healthcare practice, Ms. Dunbrack set the research agenda and contributed to specialty areas such as physician market trends, practice management, managed care, enterprise scheduling, contract management, workflow improvement and system selection and implementation. Prior to joining Gartner, Ms. Dunbrack held senior positions with IDX Systems Corporation and Tufts Associated Health Plan.

Ms. Dunbrack has been quoted by national media outlets such as The Wall Street Journal, Investor's Business Daily, The New York Times, and San Jose Business Journal. She also speaks regularly at industry conferences.

Ms. Dunbrack holds a B.A. from the College of the Holy Cross, and an M.B.A. with a concentration in healthcare management and an M.S. in Management Information Systems from Boston University's Graduate School of Management.



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Research Authored by Lynne A. Dunbrack

locked Inforum 2013: Social and Beautiful Enterprise Applications with a Sharp Focus on Industry Verticals
Christine DoverLisa RowanSimon EllisLynne A. DunbrackPierfrancesco Manenti
Jun 2013 - Doc # 241646    Insight
This IDC Insight reviews announcements and strategies discussed at Inforum 2013, Infor's annual customer conference, held April 21–24, 2013, in Orlando, Florida.
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locked Perspective: Caradigm and Orion Health to Launch Collaboration — Synergy at Last?
Judy HanoverLynne A. Dunbrack
May 2013 - Doc # HI240928    Perspective
This IDC Health Insights Perspective discusses a recent announcement in which, Orion Health, a leading provider of health information exchange (HIE) software and services internationally, and Caradigm, a joint venture formed by GE and Micro...
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locked Technology Selection: A Technology Framework for End-to-End Remote Health Monitoring
Lynne A. Dunbrack
Apr 2013 - Doc # HI240416    Technology Selection
This IDC Health Insights report presents the ecosystem for smart end-to-end remote health monitoring (RHM). The framework describes the requisite components of an end-to-end RHM solution and the impact pervasive computing will have on the d...
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locked Business Strategy: A Framework for Mobile Transformation in Healthcare
Lynne A. Dunbrack,  David Potterton
Mar 2013 - Doc # HI240300    Business Strategy
This IDC Health Insights report provides a framework for mobile transformation in healthcare that will help guide payer and provider organizations as they develop and execute their mobile strategies."With the increased use of mobile solutio...
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locked Building a Connected Community of Health: Allscripts Acquires dbMotion and Jardogs
Lynne A. Dunbrack
Mar 2013 - Doc # lcUS24008813    IDC Link
On March 5, 2013, Allscripts (NASDAQ: MDRX) announced at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) conference held in New Orleans, Louisiana, that it had acquired dbMotion Ltd. for $235 million and Jardogs LLC for an...
locked Pivot Tables: IDC Health Insights' U.S. Healthcare Solutions Market Share and Forecast Guides, 2013
Scott TiazkunLynne A. DunbrackJudy HanoverCynthia BurghardSven Lohse
Mar 2013 - Doc # HI239928    Pivot Table
This IDC Health Insights Pivot Table presents solution-specific vendor revenue for the top U.S. healthcare vendors for 2011 and market forecasts for the individual solutions through 2016.Solutions covered include electronic medical records ...
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locked U.S. Healthcare Payer IT 2013 Top 10 Predictions: Embracing Innovation
Janice W. YoungLynne A. DunbrackScott Lundstrom
Feb 2013 - Doc # HI239436    Top 10 Predictions
This IDC Health Insights report discusses our predictions for the U.S. healthcare payer IT market in 2013. The U.S. healthcare payer IT top 10 predictions for 2013 focus on the opportunities, adoption, and barriers to investments in key ini...
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locked Worldwide Healthcare IT Spending Guide, 2011–2016
Sven LohseScott LundstromNina BonaguraGiuliana FolcoSilvia PiaiGary KochRoman Maceska,  Chin-Boon Lim,  Sash MukherjeeLynne A. DunbrackJudy HanoverJanice W. YoungMark Yates
Feb 2013 - Doc # HI239392    Pivot Table
This IDC Health Insights Pivot Table presents our best estimates and forecasts for the worldwide healthcare industry IT opportunity. This Pivot Table provides IT spending forecasts for the provider and payer markets by key subindustries. Wi...
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locked U.S. Connected Health IT 2013 Top 10 Predictions: The Consumer Takes Center Stage
Lynne A. DunbrackCynthia BurghardJudy Hanover
Dec 2012 - Doc # HI238619    Top 10 Predictions
This IDC Health Insights report discusses our predictions for the U.S. connected health IT market in 2013. It attempts to alleviate uncertainty by giving payers and providers a guide to focus on the key technologies."The consumer has firmly...
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locked IDC Predictions 2013: Competing on the 3rd Platform
Frank GensChristian A. ChristiansenChristopher ChuteLynne A. DunbrackMichael FauscetteGreg GirardRamon T. LlamasRobert P. MahowaldTom MainelliRohit MehraAshish NadkarniBob O'DonnellJed ScaramellaKarsten WeideMeredith WhalenRichard L. Villars
Nov 2012 - Doc # WC20121129    Event Proceeding
The information and communications technology (ICT) industry is in the midst of a shift — once every 20–25 years — to a new technology platform for growth and innovation. IDC calls it the 3rd platform, built on mobile devices and apps, clou...
locked Perspective: Leveraging Oracle CRM for Consumer Engagement
Lynne A. Dunbrack
Nov 2012 - Doc # HI237910    Perspective
This IDC Health Insights Perspective illustrates how healthcare organizations (HCOs) can leverage closed-loop marketing strategies and Oracle's Siebel Customer Relationship Management (CRM) to effectively engage consumers and encourage them...
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