Connected Health

Wellness has emerged as a fairly umbrella term within the last 5 years. Factors for this include changing attitudes to control health cost by moving from defined benefit to defined contribution structures, and technology tools and transparencies that are shifting capitation from providers to consumers through increased consumer participation and re...

Beginning October 1, American citizens who do not have health insurance will be eligible to purchase standardized insurance coverage using the new health insurance marketplaces, formally referred to as health insurance exchanges (HIX). This offering will be administered either by their state, federal government, or a combination of both. CMS has re...

This study provides a roadmap for understanding the patient engagement movement and the use of patient portal technology by hospitals and physicians as the essential tool to drive that process. Included is an overview of macro trends in patient engagement and a comprehensive look at key features and functions associated with patient portals. Major ...

Cloud technologies are rapidly invading all industries, and healthcare does not want to be left behind. Healthcare delivery and solutions are undergoing a transformation, thanks to cloud-based solutions that are emerging as the technology of choice for many healthcare providers. However, the significant cost and business process change associated w...

Digital health is an important area, which is expected to positively drive healthcare transformation and change the experience of all stakeholders in how they interact with technology and engage each other. This market insight presents some interesting points observed at the Digital Health Summer Summit, including the BlueStar announcement from We...

The 2014 rollout of the federal health insurance exchange (HIX) market is set to define some new limits for intrastate and interstate information transparency across insurance providers. Stemming from the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), the mandate for competitive insurance platforms are possibly the largest and most controversi...

The following market insight discusses Frost & Sullivan telehealth perspectives post ATA 2013. This includes observations and perspectives from the conference, topline survey findings on different issues in telehealth run by Frost & Sullivan, and other national trends centric to the industry.

The telehealth landscape across APAC is highly dynamic with a number of market participants and business models evolving across the region. Business models are largely dependent on the state of healthcare technology advancement, people's readiness to adopt technology and most importantly, government regulations, particularly around reimbursement pl...

This research service analyzes the healthcare IT solutions market in China. Based on different healthcare IT solutions, the market can be divided into four segments, namely, EMR, CIS, HIS, and PACS. The study discusses key market drivers and restraints, provides revenue forecasts for each market segment, and presents major technology trends and str...