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The telehealth market will continue to grow as the population, particularly the elderly and chronically ill, and technology adoption increase.
The uptake of telehealth will increase rapidly in the next five years and will continue to increase after 2012.
Policy issues are among the reasons why the telehealth market is not growing as quickly as it could be.
Initial investments in telehealth will be for clinical applications, but homecare applications will drive the future growth of the market.