Check out these potential growth numbers and the list of vendors.
Although all of this growth will not be in videoconferencing, a lot
of it will.
MEDFORD, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 2, 1996--The U.S. market
for all types of health information systems has been projected by a
1995 Koop Committee to achieve growth of $100 billion in the next
five years.
According to information presented in the U.S. Telemedicine
Market report from Feedback Research Services, the telemedicine
segment in 1995 accounted for an estimated $77 million in revenues
from sales of telepathology/teleradiology and videoconferencing
systems.
Conservative forecasts in the report suggest that sales of
multiple-use telemedicine videoconferencing systems, teleradiology
equipment, and telecommunications services combined could result in
a market worth $283 million in 2000. Changes in insurance and
third-party payment policies would dramatically improve the
outlook, if favorable reimbursement is established and allow remote
teleconsults to be substituted for face-to-face visits with medical
specialists.
For far, telemedicine projects are operational in at least 40
states, with expanded networks being developed as rapidly as access
to federal, state, and other funding sources allows. Hospitals in
Oregon are already participating in continuing medical education
programs using satellite networks coordinated by Oregon ED-NET
(Portland). In Eastern Oregon, cardiac facsimile and teleradiology
applications are achieved with use of ordinary phone lines at health
care facilities in Bend, Burns, John Day, Lakeview, Madras,
Prineville and Redmond.
Funding has been obtained for an upgrade to 30-frame-per-second
transmission capabilities over T1 lines at St. Charles Hospital
(Bend) and Central Oregon District Hospital (Redmond). These
locations will service as the hub for other Eastern Oregon sites,
once additional grant financing has been secured.
Expanding networks support the high expectations held by
industry participants and end-users for telemedicine to improve
health care delivery. Detailed corporate profiles in the U.S.
Telemedicine Market report describe technologies offered by major
competitors. Systems from Andries Tek, Compression Labs, EMED, NEC
America, and VTEL allow electronic transfer of medical images from
one location to another.
Typical applications include continuing medical education, home
care monitoring, remote military and prison interactive medical
examinations, and transmission of radiology images.
Telecommunications and system integration services from GTE Telephone
Operations and Sprint enable images to be processed through telephone
lines, while Hughes supplies satellite systems for image
transmission.
The U.S. Telemedicine Market report (published in July 1996) is
available from Feedback Research Services for $795.00. The company
provides custom research and published reports on topics of
importance in the medical and technology industries. Additional
telemedicine information is posted on the Feedback Research Services
web page at www.feed-back.com.
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