Videoconferencing Receives Progressively More Limelight in the Telemedicine Market, Finds Frost & Sullivan

Videoconferencing Receives Progressively More Limelight in the Telemedicine Market, Finds Frost & Sullivan PR Newswire LONDON, Aug. 15, 2012 - Sifting through the real and imagined value for healthcare LONDON, Aug. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Videoconferencing is an important component to any business industry, and healthcare is no exception. Outside of more traditional business applications for videoconferencing in healthcare, there has been significant growth in the utilization of videoconferencing to provide healthcare services from providers to patients – commonly called video telemedicine. These services are already changing the way healthcare is provided by bringing much needed specialists to underserved hospitals, enabling visitations to patients in remote regions or giving patients a more convenient visitation venue. New research from Frost & Sullivan's Connected Health practice (http://www.healthcareIT.frost.com), Analysis of the Video Telemedicine Market, finds that with the growing number of healthcare services provided through videoconferencing technology, opportunities for healthcare have evolved into their own distinct market space rather than just another vertical for videoconferencing providers. This has created a unique set of challenges for both healthcare and videoconferencing participants in areas such as payment, infrastructure and licensing, as well as regulatory and privacy issues.