Helping Healthcare, but can Telehealth Help Itself? (Market Focus)

Published by: Datamonitor

Published: May. 18, 2007 - 14 Pages

Table of Contents

DATAMONITOR VIEW

CATALYST

SUMMARY

METHODOLOGY

ANALYSIS

Telehealth has the potential to transform the delivery of healthcare

A wide range of issues are driving telehealth adoption

Telehealth increases access to healthcare despite a growing number of patients and a shortage of providers

Financial pressures to do more with less will drive interest in telehealth

Telehealth empowers patients to play an active role in their own care

Several roadblocks plague the more widespread adoption of telehealth in the near-term

Without appropriate reimbursement, telehealth solutions will not reach their full potential

Human factors will impede the pace of uptake for telehealth solutions

Technical standards, infrastructure and licensure laws are short-term inhibitors of telehealth

Healthcare providers want it all: user-friendly, interoperable devices that will give a ROI

Providers and patients will prefer solutions that are intuitive and easy to use

Interoperable devices will increase telehealth investments

Reimbursement for telehealth is key to adoption by providers

ACTIONS

Vendors must build telehealth solutions around providers and their patients

Participating in policy discussions will be beneficial to vendors' bottom line

Vendors should look to provide telehealth solutions for all aspects of healthcare

APPENDIX

Definitions

Extended methodology

Further reading

Ask the analyst

List of Figures

Figure 1: The percentage of population over 65 will grow dramatically over the next 20 years

Figure 2: The number of people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes will continue to increase from 2007 to 2015

Figure 3: The total number of doctors (growth rate, %) will not match the expected patient need

Figure 4: Online tools are exerting influence over consumers' interactions with their physicians (2005)

Figure 5: The inhibitors to telehealth adoption range in difficulty (0=low, 4=high)

Abstract

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