The Healthcare Industry is Waking up to the Potential of Telemedicine in Solving Critical Issues in Rural America.DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c58312) has announced the addition of the new Frost & Sullivan report "Telemedicine ("long distance" medicine) Using a videoconferencing link to a large medical center in order that rural health care facilities can perform diagnosis and treatment. A specialist can monitor the patient remotely taking cues from the general practitioner or nurse who is actually examining in the Context of North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. Rural Healthcare" to their offering. This Frost & Sullivan research service titled Telemedicine in the North American Rural Healthcare Environment provides an overview of this market through estimates of market revenues, along with an in-depth discussion of market drivers, restraints, industry challenges, and trends that are impacting telemedicine in the North American rural healthcare. The following technologies are covered in this research: - Remote patient monitoring - Physician/Patient consultation - Telehealth - Satellite communications Market Overview Telemedicine Plugs Several Gaps in Healthcare in Rural North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. The healthcare industry is waking up to the potential of telemedicine in solving critical issues of rising costs, ageing population, and staff shortage in rural America. Telemedicine has become a feasible alternative for smaller rural medical facilities to provide routine as well as specialized services. It has improved both the access to as well as the standard of care in underserved areas. This venture is greatly helped along by ongoing federal support for telemedicine programs and funding for investment in telecommunications infrastructure. "A prominent government program, Rural Health Clinics, is designed to increase availability and accessibility, as well as stabilize the provision of outpatient primary care through physician assistants, nurse practitioners nurse practitioner n. Abbr. NP A registered nurse with special training for providing primary health care, including many tasks customarily performed by a physician. , and certified See certification. nurse midwives," says the analyst of this research service. "Another program, the Rural Health Care Program, provides rural health care providers (HCPs) with telecommunications services In telecommunication, the term telecommunications service has the following meanings: 1. Any service provided by a telecommunication provider. 2. , Internet access See how to access the Internet. , and satellite broadband communications at reduced rates." Rural Demographics The attributes of people in a particular geographic area. Used for marketing purposes, population, ethnic origins, religion, spoken language, income and age range are examples of demographic data. Present Endless Opportunities for Telemedicine With 25 percent of the people living in rural areas and 22 percent of this population falling under the senior citizens category, telemedicine is expected to be a boon to rural America. "In 2006, the rural market constituted nearly 70 percent of the total telemedicine market in North America, implying a revenue size of approximately $700 million," observes the analyst. Apart from having inadequate healthcare resources such as fewer physicians and hospitals, people living in these regions have higher poverty rates, poorer health, lesser education, and lower levels of insurance coverage than people living in urban areas. Such discrepancies have made a strong case for telemedicine in the North American rural healthcare environment. Areas covered: - Status of Efforts to Maintain Acute Health Services health services Managed care The benefits covered under a health contract in Rural Communities - Market Overview For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c58312 |
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