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E-health is a process of delivering healthcare and health resources by electronic means. It helps healthcare providers
and patients to interact with each other with the help of electronic media. It is one of the fastest growing sectors in
overall healthcare market. Currently, telemedicine market represents a small percentage of e-health market.
Telemedicine is defined as use of telecommunication and information technology to deliver clinical solutions to the
patients. It includes use of various applications and services such as smart phones, emails, two-way videos and wireless
tools to deliver efficient results. Use of telemedicine helps in improving individual health with the help of electronic
media. It also increases accessibility by reducing distance barriers between medical service providers and patients.
Various services, such as primary care and specialist referral service, patients monitoring, medical education and
healthcare information, are provided with the help of telemedicine. Telemedicine comprises of medical records, medical
advices, medical imaging and health informatics. It helps healthcare professionals to diagnose, cure and evaluate
patients in remote locations, with the help of telecommunication technology. Telemedicine is dependent on health
Information technology for its various applications such as administrative billing, electronic health records and store and
forward image transfer software.
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North America and Europe dominate the global telemedicine market. This is due to high acceptance for this technology
in these regions. Brazil, Russia, China and India are expected to show high growth rate. This is due to increasing
population and rising incidence of chronic diseases, such as chronic heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary
diseases, diabetes and asthma, in these countries. In addition, increasing cost of healthcare and rising awareness for
telemedicine among population in remote areas is also expected to increase the market for telemedicine in the region.
Increasing population, increasing number of chronic diseases and rising cost of healthcare services are some of the
key drivers for growth of global telemedicine market. In addition, use of information technology in healthcare delivery is
driving the growth of the global telemedicine market. Some of the key factors inhibiting the growth of telemedicine
market include lack of skilled and trained professionals in the remote areas, lack of consumer awareness about new
technology and its uses.
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Rising number of virtual medical centers and emergence of remote clinical enterprises are some of the trends that have
been observed in the global telemedicine market. Shortage of physicians in rural areas is expected to offer new
opportunity for growth of telemedicine market. Some of the major companies operating in the telemedicine market are
Philips healthcare, AMD Telemedicine, McKesson Ltd., Cardio Net Inc. and GE Healthcare Ltd. Due to the growing
potential in emerging countries such as Brazil and Russia, major companies are focussing on expanding their services
in these areas.
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Report segments the market on the basis of types, application, products, technology, etc (as applicable)
The report covers geographic segmentation
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