The emergent UK telehealth market: beyond the hype

Publication Date	February 2009
Publisher	Ovum
Product Type	Report
Pages	19
ISBN Number	not applicable
Product Code	OVM00705

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Summary

Does telehealth represent a real opportunity for software and IT services (S/ITS) in the UK or is it unlikely to ever move beyond the pilot stage? This report examines the state of the telehealth market in the UK

Content

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
- In a nutshell
- Ovum view
- Key messages
- Scope and definitions
- Market trends and disruptors
- Drivers
- Demographics and budget
- Government policy and funding
- Barriers
- Proving the case
- Ownership: crossing the health and social care divide
- Long-term funding and financial disincentives
- Legal and policy questions
- Overcoming the digital divide
- Organisational change required
- Interoperability of devices
- The telehealth market today
- The UK: early signs of moving beyond pilots
- Telehealth outside the UK
- US: some outsourced services commercially available
- Denmark: leading the way with personal health records
- Future trends
- Lack of true convergence with telecare
- Outsourced telehealth monitoring controversial
- Larger players set to enter market as early as 2009
- A national procurement in England seen as unlikely
- Targeting consumers and the wellness market
- Market to be device-led or tied to personal health records
- Expectation data would be shared with clinicians
- Supplier intelligence
- The supplier landscape
- New entrants waiting in the wings
- Supplier trends
- Building an ecosystem: partnerships will be key
- M&A and investment activity inevitable
List of Tables
- Table 1: Selected telehealth pilots and projects in the UK and Ireland
List of Figures
- Figure 1: The shape of the evolving UK telehealth market
- Figure 2: The emerging UK telehealth landscape with selected potential players