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Veterans Affairs (VA) Plans Telehealth Program Funding Increase to $163 million for FY 2011
Colleagues,
As reported in Federal Computer Week ... The Veterans Affairs Department is ... proposing to double its telehealth investment over two years...
... VA’s home telehealth program cares for 35,000 patients and is the largest of its kind in the world. According to the department's plans,
it would grow to $163 million in fiscal 2011, more than twice the $72
million spent in fiscal 2009...
... Telehealth, defined broadly as the electronic communication of medical data as a means for providing care to a patient, has been
around for decades. It includes the use of phones, computers and other
devices, with or without video or images, to allow patients in remote
locations to consult with medical specialists...
... Timothy Deal, senior analyst at research firm Pike & Fischer, forecasts the U.S.
telemedicine market will reach $3.6 billion by 2014, up from $855
million in 2009...
Read on at: http://fcw.com/Articles/2010/02/22/HOME-PAGE-Health-IT-telehealth.a...
ENJOY!
CC
As reported in Federal Computer Week ... The Veterans Affairs Department is ... proposing to double its telehealth investment over two years...
... VA’s home telehealth program cares for 35,000 patients and is the largest of its kind in the world. According to the department's plans,
it would grow to $163 million in fiscal 2011, more than twice the $72
million spent in fiscal 2009...
... Telehealth, defined broadly as the electronic communication of medical data as a means for providing care to a patient, has been
around for decades. It includes the use of phones, computers and other
devices, with or without video or images, to allow patients in remote
locations to consult with medical specialists...
... Timothy Deal, senior analyst at research firm Pike & Fischer, forecasts the U.S.
telemedicine market will reach $3.6 billion by 2014, up from $855
million in 2009...
Read on at: http://fcw.com/Articles/2010/02/22/HOME-PAGE-Health-IT-telehealth.a...
ENJOY!
CC
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Permalink Reply by Howard Reis on
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How does someone identify telemedicine as a $855 market in 2009 when teleradiology alone is over $1 Billion?
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Permalink Reply by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on
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Howard,
Good point. Maybe we are not defining sectors with precision, i.e., not comparing apples to apples. Do you know of ground truth market research in this space?
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