Emerging eHealth Technologies

Content

• Catalyst
• Summary
• Methodology
  • AnaLYSIS
  • Increased access to Internet-enabled technologies will contribute exponentially to growing levels of consumerism within key pharmaceutical markets
  • The Internet and the changing consumer
  • The Internet and the changing patient-physician relationship
  • Factors impacting the facilitation of the physician-patient relationship using ICT
  • Consumers' demands for personally relevant medical information and services will continue to drive an increase in both the quantity and quality of Internet-enabled healthcare applications
  • Access to broadband-enabled ICT expands within key pharmaceutical markets
  • An opportunity exists to expand consumers' use of mobile solutions, disease management tools and compliance tools
  • Expand the use of mobile phones for healthcare-related activities
  • Provide consumers' with better access to disease management and compliance tools through all Internet-enabled platforms
  • Consumers have little experience with telemedicine services, but would be willing to adopt them should the prove to provide access to more comprehensive care
  • Physicians will struggle to balance consumers' demands for ICT with more practical issues of cost and feasibility
  • Broadband Internet allows physicians to adopt complex, data-rich applications
  • Providing patients with better care using online channels
  • Low awareness is the most significant barrier to widespread adoption of online disease management and compliance tools
• Key Trends
  • Internet Access
  • Online disease management and compliance tools
  • Telemedicine applications and services
• Appendix
• List of Figures
  • Definitions and Abbreviations
  • References
  • Extended methodology
  • Datamonitor eHealth Physician Insight Survey 2005
  • Datamonitor eHealth Consumer Insight Survey 2005
  • Ask the analyst
• List of Figures
  • Figure 1: The Internet is a key factor of influence in top pharmaceutical markets
  • Figure 2: The type of Internet access an individual has can impact the types of information and services they can take advantage of online
  • Figure 3: Most consumers and physicians have access to the Internet through a computer at home or work
  • Figure 4: Consumers regularly use the Internet for personal reasons outside of work and school responsibilities
  • Figure 5: Consumers frequently look for information regarding the health of themselves and their loved ones
  • Figure 6: Access to broadband determines the types of information that can be shared using ICT
  • Figure 7: Europe and Asia continue to lead the world in use of DSL
  • Figure 8: Although use of DSL is growing, most US consumers continue to access broadband using cable modems
  • Figure 9: Mobile solutions are infrequently used by consumers to complete healthcare-related tasks
  • Figure 10: Cost and security concerns are at the forefront of consumers' minds when deciding whether to utilize mobile solutions more frequently
  • Figure 11: A large gap exists between the healthcare management services that consumers would like to access from their doctors' offices and those that are currently available for their use
  • Figure 12: Electronic reminders would be used by consumers more often were they to be made available
  • Figure 13: Patients have a mild interest in using telemedicine services in order to improve their access to care
  • Figure 14: Overall, patients would like their physicians to use the Internet to improve the quality of care they receive
  • Figure 15: As with US consumers, most US physician continue to access broadband using cable modems
  • Figure 16: Much of physicians' workday activities remain paper-based
  • Figure 17: Lack of wireless service in the workplace and short battery life prevent physicians from utilizing mobile solutions more frequently during their workday
  • Figure 18: Patients are most interested in using the Internet to communicate with their physicians or to access more information on diseases and treatments
  • Figure 19: Physicians are working to meet patients demands for online information and services
  • Figure 20: Physicians are eager to more closely monitor the progress of their patients using Internet-enabled technologies
  • Figure 21: Online disease management and compliance tools that can be used independently by either the patient or the physician are of greatest interest to surveyed physicians
  • Figure 22: Many patients with chronic disease can benefit from participating in online disease management or compliance programs
  • Figure 23: Low awareness is the most significant barrier to widespread adoption of online disease management and compliance tools
  • Figure 24: Physicians show a greater interest than consumers in monitoring patients via mobile technologies