Telehealth Trends
Telehealth is expanding and is expected to become a $110 billion industry by 2025
– all states provide some level of reimbursement for telemedicine services.
This growing technology solution is addressing the following trends:
- Increasing senior care population and decreasing providers to care for them
- Acceptance of integrated volume based healthcare delivery model as opposed to a fragmented, volume based model
- Increasing acceptance of technology interaction between providers and patients (Skype, Facetime) to receive immediate provider guidance
- Ability to reach rural populations and reduce travel time
- Increasing devices to utilize telehealth (tablet, smartphone)
- Increasing patient monitoring in rural areas through Bluetooth enabled clinical devices