OCTOBER 1997 PRESS RELEASE
Rural Health Telemedicine Report Describes Usage Rates in 1997
Jacksonville, Oregon (October 1, 1997): Improved health care delivery for rural U.S. residents has been a major funding focus for various federal and state programs in recent years. Study results reported by the Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP) in early 1997 indicate that at least 30% of surveyed rural hospital personnel expected to use telemedicine for providing patient care during 1996. An informal survey reported conducted by Feedback Research Services, however, suggests that rural health clinic usage is much lower, with only 5% of surveyed sites having implemented telemedicine and another 1% planning to add a system in 1997.
Additionally, network usage in rural health clinics mostly involves administrative and educational applications rather than delivery of health care services, which is more difficult to coordinate and schedule. Despite these barriers, Eastern Montana Telemedicine Network is meeting the challenges of providing clinical services using videoconferencing technologies. The hub of the network is located at a tertiary center (Deaconess Billings Clinic), and a three-year ORHP grant begun in October 1994 has enabled the network to grow to eleven sites.
In the U.S. Rural Health Telemedicine report from Feedback Research Services, information has been compiled from interview, survey, and literature sources to evaluate administration, implementation, and ongoing support of rural health telemedicine services. The contents represent 175 hours of original research in a 60-page report.
Other telemedicine titles are also available:
U.S. Mental Health Telemedicine includes survey and interview information to describe administration, implementation, and financial resources. The contents represent 200 hours of original research in a 60-page report.
Telephone Triage: Products, Services, and Successful U.S. Systems describes consumer demand, cost savings, returns on investment, and other aspects supporting growth of computerized software and contracted services. This 130 page report was published in May 1997.
New Developments in Telemedicine is a comprehensive overview covering issues related to video-based clinical teleconsults. The report was published in February 1997 and contains 155 pages.
The U.S. Telemedicine Market analyzes barriers and potential benefits as well as growth rates and revenues for telepathology, teleradiology, and videoconferencing systems. It contains 250+ pages. Updates have been added since the original publication date of July 1996.
U.S. Home Care Monitoring and Telemedicine Markets focuses on traditional, transtelephonic, and video-based systems used to supplement in-home and face-to-face visits. This report has 177 pages and was published in March 1997.
The World Market for Telemedicine Products and Services includes issues, trends, growth rates, and revenue forecasts for Asia, Europe, and North America through 2002. The report was published in June 1997, has 256 pages.
Feedback Research Services publishes reports that analyze emergent health care markets. For information about current titles, visit: Market Reports
