Telemedicine

May 07 2014

In 2019 the mobile monitoring and diagnostics segment will have sales of over $8 billion, according to Transparency Market Research.

http://www.transparencymarketresearch.com/mHealth-monitoring-diagnostic-medical-devices.html

Mar 18 2014

The US market for patient monitoring will grow from $3.5 billion in 2013 to $5.1 billion in 2020 according to iData Research.

http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/healthcare-information-technology/u-s-patient-monitoring-market-to-hit-5-1b-by-2020.html

Mar 18 2014

A survey from FICO suggests that consumers are not using their mobile phones much in connection with managing their health insurance, despite health plans creation and promotion of apps.

http://www.fico.com/en/about-us/newsroom/news-releases/fico-global-survey-reveals-connected-consumers-want-information-policy-alerts-insurers/

Mar 17 2014

Research firm IBISWorld has estimated that the telehealth market will grow at an annualized rate of 30% to $320 million over the next five years.

https://www.ibisworld.com/industry/telehealth-services.html

Mar 06 2014

A study in the journal Telemedicine and eHealth finds that patients who use virtual visits do not have fewer in-person visits; in fact the same people tend to be high utilizers of both tele-visits and in-person ones. The study was conducted at the Mayo Clinic and suggests that virtual visits may be additive to utilization and costs, not substitutive.

http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/healthcare-information-technology/patient-portal-messaging-tele-visits-do-not-affect-in-person-physician-visit-frequency-say-mayo-researchers.html

Mar 02 2014

Startup MedWhat has raised $560,000 for its app that answers consumers' health care related questions.

http://medcitynews.com/2014/02/medical-qa-app-developer-medwhat-raises-seed-capital-advance-machine-learning/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=c99b2c903f-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-c99b2c903f-67648197

Mar 02 2014

Research from Parks Associates suggests that virtual doctor visits will grow by 65% in the period to 2018, with revenue of $13.7 billion associated with the visits.

http://www.healthcare-informatics.com/news-item/virtual-doctor-patient-video-consultations-grow-65-percent-2018

Feb 12 2014

A study in Health Affairs finds that nursing homes in Massachusetts that used telemedicine for off-hours coverage reduced hospitalizations.

http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/33/2/244.abstract?=right

Jan 16 2014

Teladoc, which provides remote consultations for individual consumers and health plan members, said that it now covers 7.5 million people and will double its revenues in 2014.

http://www.teladoc.com/news/2014/01/15/teladoc-announces-adding-one-million-new-members-and-expects-to-double-annual-revenue-in-2014/

Nov 06 2013

FDA Final Guidance on Medical Apps

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments

The Food and Drug Administration released its final guidance on mobile medical applications, a subject of intense concern for software developers and health technology companies.

Nov 01 2013

Report on Mobile Health Apps

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments

Health care related "apps" are all the rage, particularly on mobile devices. A report from the IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics examines the current status of and issues related to…

Oct 16 2013

FDA Guidance on Mobile Health Apps

http://www.fda.gov/downloads/MedicalDevices/DeviceRegulationandGuidance/GuidanceDocuments/UCM263366.pdf

Jul 09 2013

Telemonitoring Aids in Blood Pressure Control

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A study reported in the Journal of the American Medical Association finds that use of telemonitoring with pharmacist consultation can help in blood pressure control.

Jul 08 2013