Ofer Atzmon VP Business Development and Marketing
Ten Years (and more…) of
Trends and Success Stories
in Telemedicine
Med-e-Tel 2012
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15 Years of Experience in More than 50 Countries
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Main Trends – Recent Market Data
Analysts Predict Consistent Growth for Telemedicine
4 Source: Berg Insight
Source: Parks Associates
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Parks Associates: Digital Health to Triple by 2015
Telemedicine in Shifting from Hospitals to Homes…
6 Source: BCC Research
… And from Home to Mobile
7 Image Credit: Luis Vazquez/Gulf News
Telemedicine’s recent drive results from growth in mobile services
Analysis shows mHealth solutions can reduce costs by 25%
Mobile healthcare applications downloads expected to rise to 142 million
in 2016 from 44 million in 2012
Source: Parks Associates, Boston Consulting
Group, Juniper Research
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ECG Monitoring is a Major Segment of Telemedicine
ECG monitoring continues to expand due to:
the rise of the aging population,
increasing incidence of cardiovascular diseases, and
growing number of people receiving home care
demonstrated costs/benefits
Source: Global Industry Analytics (GBI)
Chronic Disease Management Comes Next
200 million patients in the EU and the US suffer from chronic diseases
This will increase dramatically by 10%-20% over the next 10 years
Insurance companies try to lower their expanses
Initiatives taken by governments and private providers to increase
reimbursements
Reduction of the legal and liability issues
The result: Significant growth in home management of chronic
diseases
9 Source: GBI, Juniper Research, Berg Insight, InMedica
Telehealth Users by Condition
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Success Stories
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Personal ECG Monitoring
HeartView™ P12/8
Personal12-Lead ECG
Telehealth
Center
Fixed or Mobile
Phone
BT
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ECG Transmission via Telephone (USA)
Source: NBC News, USA
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Tele-Cardiology in Public Health (UK)
Source: NHS
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NHS Study Main Conclusions
Tele-cardiology services offer significant economical, clinical and
administrative benefits
Ease of use and reliability of the technology make it attractive to both
clinical staff and patients
Huge cost savings have been demonstrated
Fast return-on-investment means technology is highly affordable
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“The Do-It-Yourself House Call” (USA) Remote-Monitoring Technology Leads Heart Patients to Take Their Readings at Home From the Wall Street Journal, July 27, 2010
Ms. Brown's blood-pressure reading and
transmission devices.
'I was constantly going to the doctor,' said
Carolyn Brown of the Bronx, N.Y. 'Now they
can tell right away if I am in trouble.'
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Demonstrated Benefits
Detect changes and intervene before the patient has to be hospitalized
Instead of constantly going to the doctor, the monitoring service can
detect immediately if the patient has a problem
Faster evaluation of suspected heart failures
30% reduction in hospitalization for heart-failure patients
Cost savings: $6,300 for a Medicaid heart patient's typical hospital stay
vs. a $620 remote monitoring system
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Home Monitoring of COPD Patients (Spain)
Princesa University Hospital (Madrid), Air Products
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COPD Study Outcomes
days in hospital
visits to
emergency
units
hospitalizations
Telemedicine
Group
Control Group
Source: Air Products
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Wireless ECG in Ambulance Service (Brazil)
Source: Globo News, Brazil, January, 2010 BlackBerry® application developed by ITMS, Brazil
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Wireless ECG in Ambulance – The benefits
Empower paramedics to take ECG
Receive instant interpretation form remote cardiology experts
Hospital fully prepared and informed when patient arrives
Save critical time
Save lives
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Conclusions
Telemedicine sees growth while still facing many challenges
Telemedicine can succeed when
challenges are well understood and managed,
stakeholders cooperate and share benefits
programs are carefully planned and managed
Thank you
for your attention
Ofer Atzmon VP Business Development and Marketing +972-3-5593222 ext. 109 [email protected] www.aerotel.com
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