Tele-Health Monitoring: Market Shares, Strategies, and Forecasts, Worldwide, 2011 to 2017

• Publication date: June 2011

WinterGreen Research announces that it has a new study on Tele-Health Monitoring Market Shares and Forecasts, Worldwide, 2011-2017. The 2011 study has 443 pages, 156 tables and figures. Tele monitoring is evolving more sophisticated ways of monitoring vital signs in the home, thus protecting people in a familiar, confortable environment. The improvement in care delivery that is possible using vital signs monitoring in the home is dramatic a...

WinterGreen Research announces that it has a new study on Tele-Health Monitoring Market Shares and Forecasts, Worldwide, 2011-2017. The 2011 study has 443 pages, 156 tables and figures. Tele monitoring is evolving more sophisticated ways of monitoring vital signs in the home, thus protecting people in a familiar, confortable environment. The improvement in care delivery that is possible using vital signs monitoring in the home is dramatic and promises to lower the total cost of care delivery.

Once people are facing hospitalization and re-hospitalization, they tend to be more attentive to healthy lifestyle and to be amenable to learning about what needs to be done to take care of a condition. Tele-monitoring provides a way to track vital signs and intervene at a sign of deterioration in condition.

Telemonitoring systems support the premise that proactively reaching out to people with chronic disease provides a means for getting them to change behavior in a way that will support better lifestyle, lifestyle more suited to taking care of the physical body. It is really difficult to get people to take care of themselves, they make all manner of inappropriate decisions. Education as to healthy lifestyle needs to be initiated much earlier in life. Perhaps the definition of intelligence could be transformed to mean those who know best how to care for themselves in a healthy manner.

US Medicare CMS defines telehealth as remote health care delivery via monitoring. A healthcare provider can connect more consistently with patients. Telehealth: phone monitoring is the implementation of scheduled encounters via the telephone. Telemonitoring relates to the collection and transmission of vital signs clinical data through electronic information processing technologies. Quality improvement organizations (QIOs) assist home health agencies in implementing telehealth tools to reduce acute care hospitalization.

According to Susan Eustis, the principal author of the study, “The advantage of telemonitoring is that it increases patient compliance. The aim is to improve the delivery of healthcare to clients by monitoring vital signs to detect changes in patient condition that may indicate the onset of a more serious event, much as nurses in the hospital monitor patient vital signs for the purpose of permitting sophisticated care delivery.”

The aim of telemonitoring is to improve patient compliance with standards of care known to support improved outcomes for patients with chronic conditions. Tele-monitoring is one way to improve patient compliance, but there are other ways to achieve that as well.

Chronic condition care requires daily, real-time monitoring of physiological data, direct patient feedback, coaching, and a high level of patient-clinician interaction to achieve positive results. With the geographical distance widening between doctors and their patients, the problem solution depends on: digital literacy and effective multimodal communication.

Home patient monitoring means two things: the imminent rise of the expert patient whom the health authorities anticipate would self-manage his long-term medical conditions and the prominence of mobile devices as the go-between for clinicians and patients.

Left to their own judgments, patients typically are apt to make terrible decisions relating to their personal health. The ability to accurately access patient condition via telemonitoring creates the opportunity to intervene when that is called for clinically, and to provide education regarding healthy living in a way that is likely to create compliance with clinician recommendations.

Home telemonitoring programs need to use advanced technology. Effective monitors support patient education. They support timely clinician intervention based on real vital signs data gathered on a daily basis. Health care for patients with congestive heart failure has been shown to be successful in reducing hospitalizations and trips to the emergency department, making these critical measures unnecessary in many cases.

Wireless telemonitoring devices -enable taking vital signs measurements at home and in remote locations. Telemonitoring devices mean a consulting physician can remotely monitor a patient• fs health status and chronic condition can be gathered in real time.

Telemonitoring gives patients far more choices about how and when to react in case of change in medical condition, before a full blown emergency occurs. No matter if the patient is at home, on the bus, at the movies or anywhere in the course of daily life, wireless telemonitoring supports a more mobile lifestyle. Consistent and real time oversight greatly improves ongoing treatment, keeps patients healthier, and avoids expensive hospitalization.

Healthcare services providers use tele-monitoring technology to improve patient care and reduce nurse visits.-This has led the industry to point to inconclusive studies. More work is needed to identify the particular patient profiles of those most likely to benefit from telemonitoring in these double blind studies.

Tele-health monitoring equipment markets are growing because units decrease the cost of care delivery while improving the quality of care and the quality of lifestyle available to patients. Healthcare delivery is an increasing concern worldwide. Markets at $607.5 million in 2010 are anticipated to reach$3.1 billion by 2017. 
 

Global E-Healthcare Industry

TELE-MONITOR EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Telemonitoring Market Driving Forces

Real-Time Monitoring Of Physiological Data

Telemonitoring Market Shares

Tele-Monitoring Market Forecasts

Telemonitor Assessment

Partners HealthCare

Bosch Health Buddy Deployments with Medicare, VA

VA Telehealth Results

Telemonitoring Research Studies

1. TELE-MONITOR MARKET DESCRIPTION AND MARKET DYNAMICS

1.1 Telemonitoring Systems Premise

1.1.1 Sedentary Get Exercise And Heart Failure Patients Pay Attention To Swelling In Their Feet, Ankles Or Legs

1.1.2 Telemonitoring Systems Improve Home Health Care

1.1.3 Vital Signs And Health Status Are Measured Daily

1.1.4 Telemonitoring at Home

1.2.1 Telemonitoring Demonstrates Positive Results In Improving Health Care And Reducing Costs Of Veterans

1.2.2 US VA Tele-monitoring Targeted Innovation:

1.4.1 Customizing Tele-Monitors

1.5.1 New England Journal of Medicine Research

1.5.2 NEJM Has Published Several Letters That Critique The Study

1.5.3 25 Studies of Remote Monitoring Of Patients With Chronic Heart Disease

1.5.4 Bosch Health Buddy Desktop Research

1.9.1 Government Regulation of Medical Devices

1.9.2 Before And After A Medical Device Is Commercially Distributed, Ongoing Responsibilities Under FDA Regulations

1.9.3 Tele-monitoring Third-Party Reimbursement

1.10.1 HIPAA Enforcement

1.10.2 OCR Responsible For Enforcing HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules

1.11.1 Federal Crimes Under The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act HIPAA

2.1.1 Real-Time Monitoring Of Physiological Data

2.1.2 Measures of Tele Monitoring Effectiveness

2.1.3 Home Patient Monitoring Supports Patient Education

2.1.4 Wireless Telemonitoring Devices

2.1.5 Real-Time Monitoring Of Physiological Data

2.1.6 Telemonitoring Research Studies

2.2.1 Bosch Installed Base

2.2.2 Bosch Telemedicine

2.2.3 Bosch Telehealth Systems Certification in Disease Management From NCQA

2.2.4 Bayer / Viterion

2.2.5 Philips

2.2.6 Intel / GE Care Innovations

2.2.7 Honeywell HomeMed

2.2.8 Gemalto / Cinterion

2.2.9 Gemalto CINTERION Wireless Module Functions

2.2.10 Authentidate Holding

2.2.11 VRI

2.4.1 Incidence of Chronic Disease

2.4.2 Diabetes Chronic Illness Numbers

2.4.3 Clinical Staff / Patient Ratios: Physician Shortages

2.4.4 Viterion Home Health Outcomes in a CHF Population:

2.5.1 Cost of Honeywell Homemed Home Health Monitoring & MedPartner

2.5.2 TouchPointCare

2.7.1 Partners HealthCare

2.7.2 Bosch Health Buddy Deployments with Medicare, VA

2.7.3 VA Telehealth Results

2.7.4 Bosch Health Buddy Telemonitoring Device

2.7.5 Healthcare Providers Use Technology To Improve Effectiveness Of Care Providers

2.7.6 HHSC

2.7.7 American Medical Alert Corp. (NASDAQ:AMAC)

2.7.8 AMAC Competition

2.7.9 AMAC / TBCS

2.7.10 HSMS

2.7.11 Home Healthcare Partners (HHP)

2.9.1 Remote Patient Monitoring Market In The US

2.9.2 Remote Patient Monitoring Market In Europe

2.9.3 Bosch Remote Patient Monitoring Regional Market Participation

3.1.1 Intel GE Care Innovations Telehealth Used For Improving Communications

3.1.2 Intel GE Care Innovations Healthcare at Home

3.1.3 Intel GE Care Innovations Health Guide Connects Healthcare Professionals To Patient

3.1.4 Intel GE Care Innovations Health Guide Sessions

3.1.5 Intel GE Care Innovations Health Guide Video Calls

3.1.6 Intel GE Care Innovations Health Guide Payors, Home Care Organizations

3.1.7 Intel GE Care Innovations Health Guide Educational Content

3.1.8 Intel GE Care Innovations Health Guide Personalized Care

3.1.9 Intel GE Care Innovations in Healthcare

3.1.10 Intel GE Care Innovations Health Guide Parkinsons Telemonitoring Data Set

3.1.11 Intel GE Care Innovations Parkinsons Tele-Monitoring Data Set Information:

3.1.12 Intel Technology

3.1.13 Intel® Health Guide Disease Conditions Monitored

3.1.14 Intel / GE / STMicroelectronics Monitoring Platform Technology

3.1.15 Mayo Clinic Has Teamed With GE, Intel for Home Monitoring

3.1.16 Mayo Clinic STMicroelectronics Telemonitor Heart Patients

3.1.17 Mayo, GE, and Intel In-Home Telemedicine Study

3.3.1 Bosch Telehealth Results

3.3.2 Bosch Healthcare telehealth Wireless Modem Option

3.3.3 Bosch Healthcare telehealth Custom Messaging Feature

3.3.4 Bosch Healthcare telehealth T400 Home Health Monitor

3.3.5 Bosch Healthcare Advancing Telehealth Solutions Through Dialogue

3.3.6 Bosch Healthcare Telehealth Growth

3.3.7 Bosch Health Buddy system / VRI

3.3.8 McKesson Telehealth Advisor

3.3.9 McKesson Channel Partner - The Bosch Group

3.4.1 Viterion Telehealthcare, A Business Of Bayer Healthcare

3.4.2 ViterionNET Simple Internet Connection

3.4.3 ViterionNET Capabilities

3.4.4 ViterionNET Data-Encryption

3.4.5 Viterion® 200 Telehealth Monitor For Diabetes Care

3.4.6 Alegent Health Homecare Viterion 100 Home Care Tele-monitoring Survey

3.4.7 Viterion Telemonitoring Equipment:

3.5.1 Honeywell HomeMed Health Monitoring System

3.5.2 Honeywell HomMed MedPartner

3.5.3 Honeywell Homemed Health Monitoring System Criteria for Monitoring

3.5.4 Cost of Honeywell HomeMed Home Health Monitoring & MedPartner

3.5.5 Honeywell HomeMed Health Monitoring System FDA Class II, Hospital Grade, Medical Device

3.5.6 Honeywell HomMed Med Partner

3.6.1 TouchPointCare Telehealth Program

3.6.2 TouchPointCare Telemedicine Positioning

3.6.3 TouchPointCare Application

3.6.4 TouchPointCare Monitoring Functions

3.6.5 TouchPointCare Flexibility

3.6.6 TouchPointCare Disease Management Programs

3.6.7 TouchPointCare Opinion Surveys - Patients, Physicians, And Employees

3.8.1 Cardiocom® Multi-Disease Management

3.8.2 Bosch / VRI

3.8.3 VRI Extends The Reach Of Bosch Healthcare Telehealth Solutions

3.9.1 Philips Steady Scale

3.12.1 Biotronik Home Monitoring Lumax 540 Series State-Of-The-Art Features

3.13.1 Authentidate Holding ExpressMD™ Solutions

4.1.1 Heart Failure Congress 2011

4.1.2 TIM-HF Study CHF

4.1.3 TheTEHAF study

4.1.4 Johns Hopkins Home-Based Telemonitoring

4.2.1 Diabetes Remote Monitoring Drivers

4.2.2 Partners HealthCare Diabetes Remote Monitoring Program Overview

4.2.3 Partners HealthCare Diabetes Monitoring Member

4.3.1 Partners Healthcare Blood Pressure Connect

4.5.1 Patient-Centered Home Tele Health Monitoring

4.7.1 Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) A Major Chronic Condition

4.7.2 Hypertension Intervention Nurse Telemedicine (HINTS) Study

4.9.1 Tele-pharmacy

4.9.2 Electronic Medical Records Detail Drug Information Effectiveness

4.9.3 Consumers Increasingly Involved In Treatment Decision-Making

4.10.1 Health Information Exchange Services

4.12.1 Self-Service Kiosks

4.12.2 Mobile Health Care

4.12.3 Mobile Office a Set Of Commonly Used Mobile Communication Tools

4.12.4 Telemedicine Allows Medical Professionals To Consult And Diagnose Patients Remotely

4.14.1 Remote Monitoring Device

4.15.1 Telehealth Product Medical Device Regulation In The United States

5.2.1 American Hospital Association Awards the University of Rochester Medical Center's Pediatric Telemedicine Program Health-e-Access Recognition

5.3.1 American Medical Alert Call Center Centric Solutions

5.3.2 AMAC American Medical Alert Corp Mission Statement

5.3.3 AMAC Operating Segments:

5.3.4 AMAC Markets Offerings

5.3.5 AMAC Health and Safety Monitoring Systems (HSMS)

5.3.6 AMAC Personal Emergency Response Systems (PERS)

5.3.7 AMAC / Lifecomm

5.3.8 Apria Healthcare and Other Strategic Alliance with AMAC

5.3.9 Visiting Nurse Service of New York and AMAC Contract for Provision of Home Monitoring Emergency Response System

5.3.10 AMAC Visiting Nurse Service of New York

5.3.11 AMAC Telehealth Systems

5.3.12 AMAC Telephony Based Communication Services (TBCS)

5.3.13 AMAC After Hours Answering Services

5.3.14 AMAC Concierge Services/Daytime Solutions

5.3.15 AMAC Call Centers

5.3.16 AMAC Marketing/Customers

5.3.17 AMAC Revenue

5.3.18 AMAC Health and Safety Monitoring Systems (HSMS) Segment:

5.3.19 AMAC Personal Emergency Response Systems (PERS)

5.3.20 AMAC MedSmart®

5.3.21 AMAC MedTime®

5.3.22 AMAC Telehealth systems

5.3.23 AMAC Telephony Based Communication Services (TBCS) Segment:

5.3.24 AMAC After Hours Answering Services

5.3.25 AMAC Pharmaceutical Support and Clinical Trial Recruitment Services

5.3.26 AMAC / Third Premiere Pharmaceutical Company

5.3.27 AMAC Operating Segments Revenue

5.3.28 AMAC Medication Adherence Appliances

5.6.1 Authentidate Holding ExpressMD™ Solutions Joint Venture

5.6.2 Authentidate Regional Service Offerings

5.6.3 Authentidate Holding Revenues

5.6.4 Authentidate Holding Remote Patient Monitoring Solutions

5.6.5 Authentidate Holding VA Plan

5.6.6 Authentidate Holding Revenue

5.6.7 Authentidate Holding / EncounterCare Solutions Joint Venture

5.7.1 Viterion TeleHealthcare

5.7.2 Bayer Diabetes Care

5.7.3 Bayer Nexavar in Combination with Chemotherapy Improves Progression-Free Survival in Patients with Advanced Breast Cancer in Phase II Study

5.7.4 Bayer 2011 Revenue

5.8.1 Biotronik Electrotherapy

5.8.2 Biotronik Vascular Intervention

5.8.3 Biotronik CHF Study

5.9.1 Robert Bosch Healthcare

5.9.2 Robert Bosch Remote Patient Monitoring Market

5.9.3 Robert Bosch Healthcare

5.9.4 Bosch Global Supplier Of Technology And Services

5.9.5 Bosch Healthcare Telehealth Systems

5.9.6 Bosch Healthcare Health Buddy System

5.9.7 Bosch Addresses Role of Compliance in Telehealth Adoption

5.9.8 Bosch North America Veterans Health Administration

5.9.9 Bosch / VRI

5.9.10 Robert Bosch Healthcare, Inc. Has Been Selected by Connections365

5.9.11 Bosch Group and Health Hero Network

5.14.1 Evident Health Services (EHS)

5.15.1 Cinterion

5.15.2 Gemalto / Cinterion

5.15.3 Gemalto / CINTERION Active Member Of The Continua Alliance

5.15.4 Gemalto / Cinterion Mobile Health - M2M Telemonitoring

5.16.1 Home Healthcare Partners (HHP)

5.17.1 Honeywell HomeMed Health Monitoring System

5.17.2 Honeywell HomeMed Health Monitoring System: Health Visiting Nurses Association (VNA)

5.20.1 McKesson Telehospice Technology

5.20.2 McKesson / Caris Healthcare

5.22.1 CMO, The Care Management Company

5.24.1 Partners HealthCare Focus Areas:

5.24.2 Partners Healthcare Digital Care Delivery

5.24.3 Partners Healthcare Patient Segmentation

5.24.4 Partners Healthcare Research and Evaluation Team

5.24.5 Partners Healthcare Sample Recent Telemonitoring Projects

5.24.6 Programs In Heart Failure, Hypertension, Diabetes And Other Chronic Conditions

5.24.7 Partners Healthcare Center for Connected Health

5.25.1 Philips Addresses Healthcare Landscape

5.25.2 Philips/Respironics Monitoring Solution Powered By Cinterion TC65i:

5.25.3 Philips Sales

5.25.4 Philips Healthcare

5.25.5 Royal Philips Revenue

5.25.6 Royal Philips Electronics / Respironics

5.25.7 Philips Respironics

5.25.8 Philips Respironics

5.26.1 REACH HealthInc Comprehensive Telemedicine Solution

5.26.2 REACH Comprehensive Solutions

5.26.3 REACH Health Telemedicine

5.26.4 Reach Customers

5.27.1 Debiotech and STMicroelectronics

5.30.1 Touch Point Care / Visiting Angels

5.30.2 Loyola Medical Center

5.30.3 LHC Group

5.30.4 Lexington Health Care

5.30.5 KSB Home Health

5.30.6 Home Care Health Services

5.30.7 Health Contact Partners - Wheeling, IL

5.30.8 Glaxo Smith Kline

5.30.9 Family Home Care

5.30.10 Aurora Health Care

5.30.11 Anderson Hospital Home Health Care

5.30.12 Almost Family/Caretenders

5.30.13 Advocate Home Health

5.33.1 VRI Digi Pal

5.33.2 VRI partnership with Robert Bosch Healthcare

5.33.3 VRI Digi Pal

5.33.4 VRI