Moving Towards the Integration of Telehealth into Healthcare (Strategy Focus)

Summary

Introduction

The desire to overcome the challenges facing all healthcare systems, including pressures to increase quality of care while decreasing overall healthcare costs, has lead to a growing interest in the application of telehealth solutions.

Scope

• Identifies opportunities in the telehealth market
• Analyzes the current and future uses of telehealth
• Offers insight into how vendors can increase the adoption of telehealth

Highlights

Vendors need to view telehealth within the broader healthcare IT market as well as healthcare in general.

Patients, providers and telehealth technology need to change before telehealth adoption will increase.

Telehealth vendors should focus on both of their end-users: patients as well as providers.

Reasons to Purchase

• Gain insight into how telehealth is being used by patients and providers
• Identify strategies that will increase telehealth adoption
• Understand current end-user expectations for telehealth as well as future expectations

Contents

• Datamonitor View
• Catalyst
• Summary
• Methodology
• Analysis
  • The Road To Widespread Telehealth Adoption Has A Number Of Speed Bumps
  • Telehealth's Potential To Solve Current Healthcare Problems Is Driving Adoption
  • Widespread Adoption Of Telehealth Will Be Slow And Painful Unless A Number Of Issues Are Addressed
  • Moving Towards Effectively Integrating Telehealth Into Healthcare
  • The Telehealth Market Is Increasing Rapidly Despite Its Limited Focus
  • North America Leads The World In Telehealth Adoption
  • The Homecare Market Has Already Surpassed The Clinical Market
  • Telehealth Use Is Currently Fragmented Rather Than Widespread
  • Transforming Telehealth Requires Changes From Vendors, Providers And Patients
  • Today's Telehealth Is Separate From The Rest Of Healthcare
  • Telehealth Devices Satisfy An Audience With Low Expectations
  • Tomorrow's Telehealth Will Be Integrated, Consumer-Driven And Mobile
  • Vendors Will Drive The Transformation Process By Improving Telehealth Technology And Educating Its Users
  • Vendors Should Lead The Redesign Of Healthcare Providers' Workflow
  • Telehealth Vendors Need To Continue To Invest In Clinical Research
  • Vendors Must Show That They Are Paying Attention To Their End-Users By Creating Custom Devices
• Actions
  • Telehealth Devices Should Be Marketed Directly To The Final Consumers: Patients
  • Vendors Need To View Telehealth As One Piece In The Larger Healthcare It Puzzle
  • Telehealth Vendors Must Focus On Obtaining Physician Buy-In
• Appendix
  • Abbreviations
  • Extended Methodology
  • Further Reading
  • Ask The Analyst
• List Of Figures
  • Figure 1: More Respondents In North America Are Implementing Telehealth Solutions
  • Figure 2: Telehealth Spending In The Us Through 2012 (Millions Us$)
  • Figure 3: Adoption Rates Of Telehealth In Various Areas Of Healthcare