Sales of handheld device for healthcare use are expected to increase by 7 percent in next five years, according to a recent report published by healthcare research company Kalorama Information.
Global sales of healthcare devices are expected to rise to $8.8 billion from $8.2 billion in 2009.
The report, titled: The Global Handheld Healthcare Device Market, focuses on Patient Monitoring Devices and Administrative Devices. The authors wrote that stimulus incentives designed to spur hospitals and physicians to use EMR systems are among several factors that will drive growth.
According to InformationWeek the report shows that in 2009, patient monitoring products generated a market worth about $5.3 billion for 2009 with a market share of 64%. This accounts for the largest share of sales in the handheld market, largely due to the range of product availability, number of conditions requiring monitoring, and increasing demand for essential monitoring products in portable sizes, such as ultrasound and ECG. PDAs and Smartphones for healthcare applications were worth about $2.6 billion combined in 2009.
“The ARRA incentives for electronic medical records do not specifically reimburse doctors for devices,” said Bruce Carlson, Publisher of Kalorama Information. “But they are getting healthcare organizations to think about IT purchases, and they are helping to make the argument for better electronic data entry, something that we think will lead to increased sales for devices used to enter data.”
Other factors which impact the growth of the market are:
• Growing and aging population, a
• A shortage of qualified medical professionals
• Cost restraints
• Medical error reduction measures
“Healthcare workers need to be mobile, and so PDAs and monitoring devices have long been a good fit,” said Carlson.
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Monday, February 8, 2010
Mobile World Congress 2010 to highlight mHealth solutions
New innovative and affordable personal Mobile Health (mHealth) solutions will be taking center stage among the solutions that will be presented by Aerotel Medical Systems at the GSMA Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2010 in Barcelona, Spain.
One such product is the Mobile-CliniQ™, a mobile phone application that enables remote monitoring of various health parameters, such as electrocardiogram (ECG), blood pressure, blood glucose level, weight, etc.
Mobile-CliniQ can be connected via a Bluetooth® interface to external vital signs monitoring devices. Data is transmitted via General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) to a medical monitoring center. By using it, physicians can view patient data and provide interpretation and advice from practically anywhere, saving time and travel expenses, and reducing healthcare delivery costs.
Mobile-CliniQ and other remote monitoring and mobile solutions will be presented by Aerotel at booth 2C72 (Israel National Pavilion), at the MWC 2010.
The company also intends to showcase its new Connect-CELL, a Cellular-Based Homecare Data Hub. It is a highly flexible global wireless connectivity hub, enabling users to easily transmit vital signs data via the cellular network (GPRS) to a central monitoring center. The flexible device incorporates both wired serial interface and wireless Bluetooth connectivity.
One such product is the Mobile-CliniQ™, a mobile phone application that enables remote monitoring of various health parameters, such as electrocardiogram (ECG), blood pressure, blood glucose level, weight, etc.
Mobile-CliniQ can be connected via a Bluetooth® interface to external vital signs monitoring devices. Data is transmitted via General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) to a medical monitoring center. By using it, physicians can view patient data and provide interpretation and advice from practically anywhere, saving time and travel expenses, and reducing healthcare delivery costs.
Mobile-CliniQ and other remote monitoring and mobile solutions will be presented by Aerotel at booth 2C72 (Israel National Pavilion), at the MWC 2010.
The company also intends to showcase its new Connect-CELL, a Cellular-Based Homecare Data Hub. It is a highly flexible global wireless connectivity hub, enabling users to easily transmit vital signs data via the cellular network (GPRS) to a central monitoring center. The flexible device incorporates both wired serial interface and wireless Bluetooth connectivity.
Monday, April 21, 2008
Tele-Cardiology services reduce costs significantly
The introduction of Tele-Cardiology services can improve patient care and save costs, according to recent study conducted in the UK.
The report, which was published in the TeleHealth World magazine, is based on the findings of a pilot study of a new tele-cardiology service, commissioned by the UK’s National Health Service (NHS).
The research shows significant cost saving potential for the tele-cardiology service. The savings calculated showed a surprisingly short 3.5 months payback time for the investment in the technology. The NHS suggested that when extrapolated to England as a whole the potential financial savings of using such services could be a minimum of £45 million (some $90 million) per annum.
The pilot used Aerotel's HeartView series of hand-held 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) recorder/transmitter devices. These devices are used in an identical manner as conventional ECG machines, except that they can record the ECG and then transmit it wirelessly from a patient’s home or a primary care clinic to a remote tele-cardiology consultation center, where it is captured and displayed on screen.
Practice staff and patients, who participated at the experiment, were overwhelmingly positive about the advent of tele-cardiology equipment in primary care. The report recommended that administrators should consider the use of telemedicine technology in cardiac care in a wide scale due to its significant benefits. It also became evident that as physicians gained confidence in the new technology it became an important tool for supporting clinical decision making to the extent that inappropriate referrals to A&E departments were being prevented.
Read the full article
The report, which was published in the TeleHealth World magazine, is based on the findings of a pilot study of a new tele-cardiology service, commissioned by the UK’s National Health Service (NHS).
The research shows significant cost saving potential for the tele-cardiology service. The savings calculated showed a surprisingly short 3.5 months payback time for the investment in the technology. The NHS suggested that when extrapolated to England as a whole the potential financial savings of using such services could be a minimum of £45 million (some $90 million) per annum.
The pilot used Aerotel's HeartView series of hand-held 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) recorder/transmitter devices. These devices are used in an identical manner as conventional ECG machines, except that they can record the ECG and then transmit it wirelessly from a patient’s home or a primary care clinic to a remote tele-cardiology consultation center, where it is captured and displayed on screen.
Practice staff and patients, who participated at the experiment, were overwhelmingly positive about the advent of tele-cardiology equipment in primary care. The report recommended that administrators should consider the use of telemedicine technology in cardiac care in a wide scale due to its significant benefits. It also became evident that as physicians gained confidence in the new technology it became an important tool for supporting clinical decision making to the extent that inappropriate referrals to A&E departments were being prevented.
Read the full article
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