Market outlook and research scope of IT spending in remote healthcare delivery

Technavio’s market research analysts estimate the global IT spending market in remote healthcare delivery market to reach over USD 75 billion by 2019, growing at CAGR of over 25% during the forecast period. The majority of the revenue comes from the telehealth segment with a market share of over 80% while the mHealth category occupies the minority share.

To calculate the market size, the report considers the IT spending to deliver healthcare services through Telehealth and mHealth. Here, IT spending refers to spending on hardware, software, telecom, and services. The applications used in remote healthcare delivery include video conferencing, email, through smart phones, wireless tools, and other forms of telecommunication technologies.

Segmentation by products and further analysis on -

• Telehealth
• mHealth

With the advent of technology and increased penetration of internet worldwide, telehealth and mhealth technologies have emerged as an alternate way to provide treatment to remote population.

Healthcare providers have realized the potential benefits of these technologies but were slow in adoption until the last two years. One of the cost-effective ways to provide quality treatment to chronic diseases is through telehealth as it provides remote patient monitoring applications. The rising investments in remote healthcare delivery technologies is increasing the IT spending by healthcare providers as well as by the patients.

Segmentation by geography and further analysis on-

• Americas
• EMEA
• APAC

Although Americas and EMEA contribute to the majority of the market share, APAC is expected to increase at a rapid pace in the next four years. Growth in telecommunication network in countries such as India and China is expected to drive the growth of this market in the APAC. At the same time, the implementation of the telehealth and mhealth is a challenging task in these countries because of its systematic problems such as training technicians in rural areas, lack of IT staff, etc. Also, the resistance to change is prevalent in several regions of the APAC as digital transformation in healthcare itself is still at a growing stage.

Growth drivers, challenges, and upcoming trends: Telehealth-as-a-service

Upcoming trends such as telehealth-as-a-service is gaining popularity as it reduces the infrastructure costs required to provide quality healthcare. Traditionally, adopting telehealth meant adopting multiple expensive technologies such as video conferencing equipment. Telehealth-as-a-service offers solutions that include video conferencing infrastructure and telehealth equipment on on-demand basis. This enables huge reduction in cost while eliminating the need to develop the infrastructure. Also, telehealth-as-a service solution offers management and support such as the product installation and easy reach in case of any medical emergency. This technology provides solutions into ER, ICU, and OR.

This report provides a number of factors contributing to the adoption, limitations, and opportunities of the IT spending in remote healthcare delivery market. It also offers an analysis of each factor and an estimation of the extent to which the factors are likely to impact the overall market growth.

Competitive landscape and leading companies in the IT spending in remote healthcare delivery market

With the ever-increasing demand for remote healthcare, many leading companies in the market are focusing on innovation in healthcare IT infrastructure to commercialize their products and services. The market is witnessing a rise in the number of collaborations between IT companies and healthcare firms. Though the leading companies are financially stable and can invest in R&D, many new competitors are entering and growing in the market through the deployment of aggressive pricing strategies.

Key questions answered in this report

• What will the market size be in 2019 and what will the growth rate be?
• What are the key market trends?
• What is driving this market?
• What are the challenges to market growth?
• Who are the key vendors in this market space?
• What are the market opportunities and threats faced by the key vendors?
• What are the strengths and weaknesses of the key vendors?