2014: the year of telehealth
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Joe Bigley, CEO of LiveTeleHealth, discusses the implementation and benefits of telehealth in medical practices.TRANSCRIPT
2014: The Year of Telehealth
Presentation for Jan. 22, 2014
IHS predicts that the U.S. telehealth market will grow to $1.9 billion in 2018 from $240 million today, an annual growth rate of 56 percent.
2014 – A Year of Growth2
A convergence of economic necessity, technology advances, and consumer empowerment have made 2014 the year for an explosion of Telehealth utilization.
Telehealth– Why 2014 is the Year
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What is Telehealth?
Delivery of health related services and information via telecommunication (i.e. the Internet and phone)
Expansion of “Telemedicine” and includes preventative care
Can include email to communicate with patients
Includes clinical and non-clinical applications (distance education, administrative uses)
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The Economics of Telehealth Insurers and employers are
increasingly willing to pay for Telehealth
Improve patient satisfaction – increase patient loyalty
Increases hospital referrals Reduces the re-admit rate Can save money by
avoiding costly emergency room visits
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Use Case – Intermountain Health
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Use Case –Best VIP Doctors7
Use case – Urgent Care/ EMR
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Use Case – Remote Patient Monitoring
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Use Case – Patient Trial Recruitment
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Advantages of Telehealth
Eases the shortage of primary-care doctors
Expands access to basic healthcare services in geographically remote areas
Expands access to basic healthcare services to certain demographics (economic and immigrant)
Reduces lost worker productivity time Leverages consumers rapid adoption of
technologies to improve their own health
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LiveTeleHealth recommends a more comprehensive, customer focused implementation of Telehealth to achieve maximum benefit.
Not the Same Old Telehealth
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Thank You