NewswireTODAY - /newswire/ - Delhi, India, 2010/02/08 - The report analyzes the global telemedicine market with focus on the US and EU. It also discusses the key trends, growth drivers and challenges prevalent in the market. The report also profiles the major market players.

Global healthcare market is evolving from traditional healthcare system to modern healthcare system of E-health which minimizes the physical movement of patients and enhances the coverage of healthcare services. As the world population is aging, it has resulted in increase of global healthcare expenditure. The major increase in healthcare expenditure is being witnessed in developed nations where population is ageing at a higher pace compared to less developed nations. Aging population has resulted in increase in demand of healthcare services which is already in an over-pressurized state.

It is now believed that telemedicine is going to be an important component of the modern healthcare system which will ease the pressure over the existing healthcare system which is suffering from problems like lack of required number of physicians, high cost and limited reach in the rural areas. Telemedicine, being a component of E-health, is a provision of healthcare services that uses telecommunication technology and multimedia equipment to provide healthcare solutions over a geographic distance.

The global telemedicine market has grown rapidly during the last five years as a result of increase in global healthcare expenditure. The market is all set to witness high growth in the coming years too as a result of growing world population, rise in life expectancy, increasing per capita GDP, increase in internet penetration rate and increasing health expenditure in emerging economies.

However, the telemedicine market is also facing challenges like reimbursement by third party payers, concerns about Security and Privacy, and lack of common standards & classification.

The companies like Siemens AG, Community Health Systems, AGFA-Gevaert NV and Fresenius SE have shifted their attention to the telemedicine market as these companies believe that there is huge untapped market potential.

The report broadly includes the following:

1. E-Health Market
1.1 Overview and Components of E-Health Market
1.2 Market Structure of E-Health Market

2. Global Telemedicine Market
2.2 Segmentation of Global Telemedicine Market
2.3 Global Telemedicine Market Size and Segmentation
2.4 M-health and Telemedicine

3. EU Telemedicine Market

4. US Telemedicine Market

5. Market Movements
5.1 Key Trends
5.2 Growth Drivers
5.3 Challenges to Telemedicine

6. Company Profiles
6.1 Siemens AG
6.2 AGFA-Gevaert NV
6.3 Community Health Systems
6.4 Fresenius SE

7. Market Outlook

List of Tables:
Dependent & Independent Variables (2003-2008)
Correlation Matrix
Model Summary- Coefficient of Determination
Regression Coefficients Output

List of Charts:
Global E-health/ Healthcare IT Market (2008)
Structure of E-health Market
Telemedicine Segmentation by Equipment and Service Market
Global Telemedicine Market (2003-2008)
Segments of Global Telemedicine Market (2007 & 2008)
M-health and Telemedicine Correlation
EU General Physician’s using Computer during Consultation (2007)
EU Deployment of IT in Primary Care (2007)
EU Telemedicine Market Size (2008)
EU Market Size of Sub-Segments of Telemedicine Market (2008)
EU Telemedicine Market Competitive Landscape (2008)
US National Health Care Expenditure (2000-2008)
US Break-up of Health Expenditure (2008)
US Telemedicine Market (2003, 2004 & 2007)
US Market Size of Video Conferencing and Telehealth (2004-2008)
Ageing World Population (1950-2010)
Percentage of 65 Years Above Population in Developed, less developed and Least Developed Regions (1950-2010)
World Population (2000-2008)
Per Capita World GDP (2003-2008)
Healthcare Expenditure in India and China (2003-2008)
Rising Life Expectancy (1950-2010)
World Internet Users and Internet Penetration Rate (2004-2009)
Composition of World Healthcare Expenditure (2006)
Global Internet Penetration (2009)
Siemens Revenue Comparison (2005-2009)
Agfa-Gevaert NV Revenue Comparison (2004-2008)
Community Health Systems Revenue Comparison (2004-2008)
Fresenius SE Revenue Comparison (2004-2008)
Global Telemedicine Market Forecast (2009F-2012F).

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