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The hospitals, physicians,
pharmaceutical companies, and insurance providers that make up the $2.3 trillion
US healthcare system will be spending $55 billion on telecommunications services
over the next five years, says a new market research study released by the
Insight Research Corporation. According to the market analysis study, spending
by the US healthcare industry on telecommunications services will grow at a
compounded rate of 8.4 percent over the forecast period, increasing from $7.5
billion in 2008 to $11.3 billion in 2013.
According to the report, “Telecom,
IT, and Healthcare: Wireless, Wireline and Digital Healthcare, 2008-2013,”
forces external to the healthcare industry, including an aging population
and worker shortages are pushing the industry to find alternative approaches to
current business practices. Better practices are expected to rely heavily on
telecommunications services. Most of the high costs inherent in the current
system are related to the proximity of the patient and provider, as well as to
the archaic administrative systems used to manage records and exchange
information. Telecommunications can bridge these proximity gaps as well as
provide a normalized set of baseline data that can remain secure and yet be
shared among healthcare workers.
“Many of the trends we predicted in our previous
study of the health care and telecommunications segments have come to pass,
including increases in per capita spending, insurance premiums, and rates of
treatment,” says Insight Research president Robert Rosenberg.
“Telecommunications and information technology providers have responded with
more bandwidth, packet services, healthcare applications (video monitoring,
electronic health records, and telemedicine), and wireless access to pull costs
out of the current healthcare system,” Rosenberg concluded.
A free report excerpt, table of contents, and
ordering information for “Telecom, IT and
Healthcare: Wireless, Wireline, and Digital Healthcare, 2008-2013”
can be found online at http://www.insight-corp.com/reports/telehealth08.asp. The
full, 129-page report is available immediately for $3,995 (hard copy). Adobe
Acrobat (PDF) report licenses are also offered. Visit our website or call (973)
541-9600 for details.
For more information please contact:
Ms. Kim Novak, Marketing Director
973-541-9600
kim@insight-corp.com
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