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Market Research Report

Wireless Monitoring in Home Healthcare

Published by Berg Insight AB
Published September, 2008 Product code 74720
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Wireless Monitoring in Home Healthcare published by Berg Insight AB in September, 2008. This report price starts from US $ 1500.

Introduction

Abstract

Wireless Monitoring in Home Healthcare gives first-hand insights into the adoption of wireless solutions for health monitoring.

This strategic research report from Berg Insight provides you with a comprehensive analysis of the current trends on the market and offers advice on how to foster further growth.

This report will allow you to:

  • Understand the dynamics of the health monitoring market in Europe and North America.
  • Comprehend how the use of wireless technology could improve the monitoring of cardiac activity, blood pressure, glucose levels and lipid levels.
  • Evaluate the business opportunities for mobile industry players in home healthcare.
  • Identify key players on the health monitoring market.
  • Predict future market and technology developments.

This report answers the following questions:

  • How can the mobile industry contribute to the adoption of wireless technology in healthcare?
  • Which segments offer the best potential for wireless health monitoring solutions?
  • What are the main differences and commonalities between the EU and US markets?
  • Which are the general technology trends for home health monitoring equipment?
  • Why has it taken so long for the healthcare sector to adopt wireless technology?
  • What types of wireless health products are available on the market today?
  • What initiatives have been taken by the leading players in the telecom and IT industries?

Table of Contents

List of Figures

Executive summary

1 The challenge from welfare diseases

  • 1.1 Introduction
  • 1.2 Common chronic welfare diseases
  • 1.2.1 Cardiac arrhythmia
  • 1.2.2 Hypertension
  • 1.2.3 Diabetes
  • 1.2.4 Hyperlipidemia
  • 1.3 Healthcare providers and reimbursement systems by market
  • 1.3.1 Healthcare in Europe
  • 1.3.2 Healthcare in the US and Canada
  • 1.3.3 Healthcare in Asia and Australia

2 Home healthcare monitoring

  • 2.1 Cardiac monitoring
  • 2.2 Blood pressure monitoring
  • 2.3 Glucose monitoring
  • 2.4 Lipid monitoring
  • 2.5 Technology trends in health monitoring
  • 2.5.1 Going digital, going wireless
  • 2.5.2 Dedicated PDAs vs general devices
  • 2.5.3 Outsourcing of health monitoring
  • 2.5.4 Distance disease management
  • 2.5.5 Frequency and volume of data to transfer
  • 2.5.6 eHealth and telemedicine
  • 2.6 Regulatory environment
  • 2.6.1 Regulatory environment in Europe
  • 2.6.2 Regulatory environment in the US
  • 2.6.3 Regulatory environment on other major markets
  • 2.6.4 International standardization

3 Healthcare monitoring solution providers

  • 3.1 Cardiac monitoring vendors
  • 3.1.1 CardioNet
  • 3.1.2 Card Guard
  • 3.1.3 Philips Healthcare and Raytel Cardiac Services
  • 3.1.4 Aerotel
  • 3.1.5 Kiwok
  • 3.1.6 Medtronic
  • 3.1.7 SHL Telemedicine
  • 3.1.8 Transoma Medical
  • 3.1.9 T Z Medical
  • 3.2 Blood pressure monitoring vendors
  • 3.2.1 Omron Healthcare
  • 3.2.2 A&D Medical
  • 3.2.3 AViTA
  • 3.2.4 Honeywell Hommed
  • 3.2.5 HoMedics
  • 3.2.6 IEM
  • 3.2.7 Microlife
  • 3.2.8 Vitaphone
  • 3.3 Glucose level monitoring vendors
  • 3.3.1 Roche
  • 3.3.2 Johnson & Johnson
  • 3.3.3 Abbott Laboratories
  • 3.3.4 Bayer Healthcare
  • 3.3.5 BodyTel
  • 3.3.6 Dexcom
  • 3.3.7 HealthPia America
  • 3.3.8 Smith' s Medical
  • 3.4 Lipid monitoring vendors
  • 3.4.1 CardioChek
  • 3.4.2 Biomedix
  • 3.5 Other companies
  • 3.5.1 Arrowhead Electronic Healthcare
  • 3.5.2 iMetrikus
  • 3.5.3 RTX Healthcare
  • 3.5.4 Viterion TeleHealthcare
  • 3.5.5 T+ Medical

4 Telecom and IT industry initiatives

  • 4.1 Telecom operators
  • 4.1.1 France Telecom creates Orange Healthcare business unit
  • 4.1.2 Telecom Italia invests in Telbios
  • 4.1.3 SaskTel first to launch Alcatel-Lucent' s LifeStat
  • 4.1.4 Vodafone Spain pilots Aerotel' s e-CliniQ system
  • 4.1.5 Qualcomm plans Lifecomm health-oriented MVNO
  • 4.1.6 Deutsche Telekom' s T-City project
  • 4.1.7 NTT DoCoMo introduces health-oriented handsets
  • 4.2 Handset manufacturers
  • 4.2.1 Nokia and Apple to make smartphones health applications platforms?
  • 4.2.2 LG Electronics to introduce handset with blood pressure meter
  • 4.3 IT companies
  • 4.3.1 Google Health
  • 4.3.2 Microsoft HealthVault
  • 4.3.3 Intel Health Guide
  • 4.4 Industry associations
  • 4.4.1 Continua Health Alliance
  • 4.4.2 The Bluetooth SIG' s Medical Working Group

5 Market trends and recommendations

  • 5.1 Market analysis
  • 5.2 Market drivers and challenges
  • 5.2.1 An aging population
  • 5.2.2 Increasing welfare disease prevalence
  • 5.2.3 Focus on disease prevention
  • 5.2.4 Risks related to alternative treatments
  • 5.3 Potential market catalysts
  • 5.3.1 Increased monitoring during clinical trials
  • 5.3.2 Insurance companies demanding monitoring
  • 5.3.3 Non-prescribed monitoring
  • 5.4 Recommendations for mobile industry players

Glossary

List of Figures

  • Figure 1.1: Number of people suffering from chronic welfare diseases (EU/US 2008)
  • Figure 1.2: Percentage of population diagnosed with chronic welfare diseases
  • Figure 1.3: Healthcare expenditure per capita by country (US$, World 2005)
  • Figure 1.4: Share of population covered by private health insurance by country
  • Figure 2.1: Schematic overiview of remote ECG monitoring
  • Figure 2.2: Example of blood pressure monitor from Omron Healthcare
  • Figure 2.3: Example of glucose meters from Lifescan and Roche
  • Figure 2.4: Examples of methods for uploading health monitor data
  • Figure 3.1: Home medical monitoring market value by segment (World 2007)
  • Figure 3.2: Examples of telehealth monitoring equipment for the home
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