The emergent UK telehealth market: beyond the hype

Published by: Ovum Plc

Published: Feb. 5, 2009 - 19 Pages

Table of Contents

Executive summary

In a nutshell

Ovum view

Key messages

Scope and definitions

Market trends and disruptors

Drivers

Demographics and budget

Government policy and funding

Barriers

Proving the case

Ownership: crossing the health and social care divide

Long-term funding and financial disincentives

Legal and policy questions

Overcoming the digital divide

Organisational change required

Interoperability of devices

The telehealth market today

The UK: early signs of moving beyond pilots

Telehealth outside the UK

US: some outsourced services commercially available

Denmark: leading the way with personal health records

Future trends

Lack of true convergence with telecare

Outsourced telehealth monitoring controversial

Larger players set to enter market as early as 2009

A national procurement in England seen as unlikely

Targeting consumers and the wellness market

Market to be device-led or tied to personal health records

Expectation data would be shared with clinicians

Supplier intelligence

The supplier landscape

New entrants waiting in the wings

Supplier trends

Building an ecosystem: partnerships will be key

M&A and investment activity inevitable

List of Tables

Table 1: Selected telehealth pilots and projects in the UK and Ireland

List of Figures

Figure 1: The shape of the evolving UK telehealth market

Figure 2: The emerging UK telehealth landscape with selected potential players

Abstract

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