Global Telemedicine Market (2011-2016)
Telemedicine is a combination of information technology and medical science to provide healthcare services to the patients at any place. Telemedicine services may be administered through three different methods, namely store and forward, real-time, and remote monitoring. There has been a global focus on the use of telemedicine as a tool to cut down on healthcare costs and bring about mammoth savings. Industry best practices to cut down healthcare costs related to medical services, home-based treatment, intervention, IT environments, efficiency of resources, and reducing billing gaps, all point towards the increasing use of telemedicine. Adoption of 3G and High Speed Package Access (HSPA), increasing use of wireless and web-based services, integration of various devices such as patient alert devices and vital signs recording devices, and hospitals’ integrated approach for healthcare delivery are some of the major trends in the global telemedicine market.

