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