Non-Clinical Telehealth Video Sessions Predicted To Top Clinical Within 4 Years

By Megan Williams, contributing writer

Telehealth is emerging as an integral part of the future of healthcare. As it does, the market for telehealth video consultations (TVCs) is growing.

Tractica, according to BusinessWire has released a report that predicts TVC sessions will grow from 19.7 million in 2014 to 158.4 million by 2020. As things stand today, the vast majority of those are clinical consultations. The future though, holds especially strong growth for consultations in non-clinical settings. Tractica expects that these non-clinical consultations will eclipse clinical by 2019. According to principal analyst, Charul Vyas, “Telehealth video consultations lend themselves to a wide variety of medical treatments and use cases. The flexibility and efficiency of video conferencing is helping healthcare providers and payers to achieve tangible value in deploying video-based patient monitoring solutions, both in terms of positive patient outcomes and cost savings. However, the market still faces a variety of challenges, including the high initial cost of deploying services, inconsistent reimbursement models for telehealth consultations, and some continuing resistance by physicians, patients, and regulatory bodies.”

Key Topics

The report is targeted toward video conferencing technology companies, telehealth software and hardware developers, providers, and investors, and centers on topics including:

• Key applications and use cases for TVC in non-clinical and clinical environments
• TVC market size and opportunity
• Key players
• The current state of the TVC market
• The TVC market outlook over the next several years

Highlights

The 48-page report is available here for download. The table of contents includes coverage of topics of particular use to vendors including:

• Market Drivers: New devices, growth in use in chronic diseases and aging populations, addressing doctor shortages, lower costs/ROI, and awareness and convenience
• Use Cases: TeleStroke and teleICU, psychiatry, non-clinical applications including routine care, follow-up, schools, correctional facilities, workplaces, and chronic condition management
• Technology Issues: Assessment and deployment, security, connectivity, mobile support, cloud-based video services, and user experience

The report also includes charts and tables outlining market growth, telehealth hardware, software, application revenue, mobile broadband subscriptions across the world, and average TVC per-session (both clinical and non-clinical).