The healthcare industry faces a complex set of business challenges, including an aging population, government regulations, rising costs, and increasing competition. In addition, healthcare companies are facing a market that emphasizes the need to understand customer intent and expectations while an array of government regulations, from HIPAA to Sarbanes-Oxley, impact the way healthcare organizations must gather and organize data.

Meanwhile, pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies face increasing pressure to find ways to increase agility to meet and exceed business goals. Speeding a drug from development through trial and approval, for example, leads to greater shareholder value, extended product life, and higher profits. Identifying trends quickly, beating competitive offerings to market, and driving increased adoption are examples of how increasing access to information can drive data-driven decisions that accelerate business.

Successful organizations will successfully navigate today's complicated landscape by gathering the information they need and putting it to use to make effective decisions.

Inquisite's Survey and Employee Performance Management Systems enable healthcare and life science companies to:

• Gain rapid customer, physician, patient, and competitive insight
• Maintain and track supplier and partner profiles
• Test new product and service concepts
• Measure brand awareness and effectiveness
• Conduct objective employee appraisals
• Assess training and development needs
• Align employee performance with patient and customer satisfaction goals