Table of Contents
Executive Summary
Section 1: Clinical Applications of Telemedicine
- 1.1 General Introduction to the Field
- 1.1.1 What is telemedicine?
- 1.1.2 Advantages of Telemedicine
- 1.1.3 Overcoming the Disadvantages of Telemedicine
- 1.1.4 The Telemedicine Market and Evolving Definitions
- 1.1.5 Snapshot of Telemedicine Five Years Ago
- 1.1.6 Telemedicine Market Projections
- 1.1.6.1 Defining the Telemedicine Market Segments
- 1.1.6.2 The Present State of the Market
- 1.1.6.3 The Future Market
- 1.1.6.4 An Expert's Overview of the Telemedicine Market
- 1.2 Government Regulatory Policies Affect Telemedicine
- 1.2.1 Third Parties Shape the Health Care System
- 1.2.1.1 The Balanced Budget Act and Medicare
- 1.2.1.2 The Benefits Improvement Act of 2000 (BIPA)
- 1.2.1.4 Store and Forward Technologies
- 1.2.1.5 Continuous Quality Improvement
- 1.2.1.6 Other Third Party Payer Policies
- 1.2.2 Physician Licensure
- 1.2.2.1 State-Based Medical Licensure
- 1.2.2.2 Alternatives to State Licensure
- 1.3 Telemedicine Clinical Practice
- 1.3.1 Some Basics
- 1.3.1.1 The Network
- 1.3.1.2 Clinical Parameters
- 1.3.2 Cardiology
- 1.3.2.1 Stethoscopy and Auscultation
- 1.3.2.2 Echocardiography
- 1.3.3 Dermatology
- 1.3.5 Ear/Nose/Throat (ENT)
- 1.3.5.1 ENT Imaging
- 1.3.5.2 Nasopharyngoscopy
- 1.3.5.3 Otoscope
- 1.3.5.5 TV Sets and Computer Monitors
- 1.3.6 Emergency Medicine
- 1.3.7 Gastroenterology
- 1.3.7.1 Pacemaker Technology Rescues Sick Stomachs
- 1.3.8 Home Care
- 1.3.8.1 Telemedicine Components for Home Care
- 1.3.8.2 Examples of Telemedicine in Home Care
- 1.3.9 Neurology
- 1.3.10 Oncology
- 1.3.11 Ophthalmology
- 1.3.11.1 Diagnostic Step
- 1.3.11.2 Vision/Refraction Assessment
- 1.3.11.3 Other Assessments
- 1.3.12 Mental Health
- 1.3.12.1 Some Telepsychiatry Results
- 1.3.13 Telerehabilitation
- 1.3.14 Telepathology
- 1.3.15 Telesurgery: An Example of an Emerging Telemedicine Application
- 1.3.16 Teleradiology
- 1.3.16.1 Compression Standards for Teleradiology
- 1.3.16.2 Specializing in Compression can make an Impact
Section 2: Products and Technologies
- 2.1 Introduction
- 2.2 Telecommunications and Network Service Provider Market
- 2.3 Network Technologies
- 2.3.1 Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)
- 2.3.1.1 The Technology
- 2.3.1.2 Arizona Rural Telecommunications Network
- 2.3.1.3 Is ATM worth the cost?
- 2.3.2 Broadband Transmission Technologies
- 2.3.2.1 Broadband Brings More Revenue Than Traditional Telemedicine
- 2.3.2.2 Broadband Telemedicine Transmission Services
- 2.4 The Telephone: Telemedicine Begins
- 2.4.1 Telephone Consultations
- 2.4.2 Medical Uses of the Telephone
- 2.4.3 Telephone Management
- 2.4.4 Routine Telephone Follow Up
- 2.4.5 Optimizing Telephone Productivity with Technology
- 2.5 Telemetry
- 2.5.1 General Telemetry Applications
- 2.5.2 Telemetry Basics
- 2.5.3 Telemetry Data Multiplexing
- 2.5.4 Digital Technologies give Telemetry a Facelift
- 2.5.4.1 Introduction
- 2.5.4.2 Telemetry with 2.5G and Internet Technology
- 2.5.4.3 Wireless Patient Monitoring Network Accessible Over the Internet
- 2.6 Advanced Wireless Communications
- 2.6.1 Spread Spectrum Digital Communications
- 2.6.1.1 Introduction
- 2.6.1.2 How Spread Spectrum Works
- 2.6.1.3 Moving SS to Telemedicine
- 2.6.2 Wi-Fi and Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN)
- 2.6.2.1 Wired Equivalent Privacy
- 2.6.2.2 Additional Security for WLANs
- 2.7 Video and Image Requirements
- 2.7.1 Some Telepsychiatry Results
- 2.7.2 Teledermatology Experience
Section 3: Market Assessment & Forecast
- 3.1 Introduction
- 3.1.1 The Cost of a Telemedicine Installation
- 3.2 Market Drivers of Telemedicine
- 3.3 Business Models that Impact the Telemedicine Market
- 3.4 Government Telemedicine Operations
- 3.5 Real-World Cost Concerns For Tele-Home care
- 3.6 Telemedicine Market Analysis
Section 4: Company Profiles
- 4.1 American Educational Telecommunications
- 4.2 ALARIS Center
- 4.3 AMD Telemedicine, Inc.
- 4.4 American Telemedicine Association
- 4.5 Apollo Telemedicine, Inc.
- 4.6 APREX, A division of AARDEX
- 4.7 Association of Telehealth Service Providers
- 4.8 Card Guard
- 4.9 Center for Telemedicine Law
- 4.10 Cerner Technologies
- 4.11 Criticare Systems Inc.
- 4.12 Cybernet Systems Corporation
- 4.13 Daou Systems, Inc.
- 4.14 GE Medical Systems
- 4.15 HomMed LLC
- 4.16 International Datacasting Corporation
- 4.17 Impact Labs Inc.
- 4.18 Internet Healthcare Coalition
- 4.19 Invivo Research, Inc.
- 4.20 IVY Biomedical System
- 4.21 Johns Hopkins Medicine
- 4.22 Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
- 4.23 Medical Data Electronics
- 4.24 Mennen Medical Corp.
- 4.25 National Association for Home Care and Hospice (NAHC)
- 4.26 NetAcquire
- 4.27 Novametrix Medical Systems Inc.
- 4.28 PDSHeart
- 4.29 Quinton Instrument Company
- 4.30 Raytel Medical Corporation
- 4.31 Scottcare Corporation
- 4.32 SHL TeleMedicine
- 4.33 Siemens Medical Solutions
- 4.34 Smith Micro
- 4.35 SpaceLabs
- 4.36 SPRY Foundation
- 4.37 Sunopsis Inc.
- 4.38 Tandberg
- 4.39 TDS Telemedicine Ltd
- 4.40 TeleVital Inc.
- 4.41 UK National Health Service
- 4.42 United Therapeutics Corporation
- 4.43 Viterion TeleHealthcare LLC
- 4.44 VTEL Products Corporation
- 4.45 Welch Allyn Protocol, Inc.
- 4.46 WorldCare
List of Exhibits
- Projection of Total U.S. Health Care Expenditures ($Billion)
- Projection of Total U.S. and Total World-Wide Health Care Expenditures ($Billion)
- Projections of U.S. Population Demographics (Million)
- Projections of U.S. Distribution of Health Care Payment Sources
- Projection of Total U.S. Home Care, Nursing Home, and Hospice Care Patients (Million)
- Projection of Practitioner Visits with Patients, and Payments made to U.S. Home Care, Nursing Home, and Hospice Organization
- Projection of the Number of U.S. Telemedicine Information Exchanges between a Practitioner and a Patient (Visit), and Payments
- Market Projection for U.S. Videoconference Equipment and Communications Services used for Telemedicine
- Market Projection for U.S. Equipment and Communications Services, Other than Teleconferencing, used for Telemedicine
- Percent of Revenues by Type of Telemedicine Videoconferencing Application. Both Systems and Services are included
- Number and Types of Medicare-certified Home Care Agencies for the Year 2000
- Forecast of the U.S. Telepathology Systems Market (Million US$)
- Forecast of the U.S. Telemetry Systems Market for Ambulatory Monitoring (Million US$)
- Major Market Drivers Impacting Telemedicine in the US
- Recommended Procedure for Establishing a Telemedicine Program and for Evaluating and Selecting Technologies
- Some Disadvantages of Telemedicine
- Medical Specialties That Have Benefited from Telemedicine Applications
- Important Factors to Consider When Planning a New Telemedicine Installation
- Listing of the Most Common Types of Phone Services Used by Telemedicine Programs
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