Piribo, the online destination for business intelligence for the biotech and pharmaceutical industry, has added a new report which examines the changing market for telecare for the aged, and analyses the potential impact of Health 2.0 on this sector of the healthcare market.
“Health 2.0 and Telecare for The Elderly”, which is available at http://www.piribo.com/
‘Ageing in place’ assumes that if a person is given the required support they can remain in their own home rather than being cared for in sheltered accommodation or a nursing home. This concept appeals both to elderly people, as they can lead relatively independent lives in familiar surroundings, and also to healthcare providers because care costs less to provide at the edge of the healthcare network.
The report shows that each year will see more people who have used computers and the Internet during their working lives using their IT skills to improve the quality of their lives during old age. Already some people who have been exposed to Internet-based social networking have reached retirement age, and as more do so the market for telecare for the aged will become more complex for the vendors and service providers who have to address an increasing mix of user skills and requirements.
Authors of the report note that some vendors are beginning to experiment with a new generation of telecare services that use Health 2.0-type technology as a platform. These vendors may soon be able to launch next generation telecare services in a section of the healthcare market where incumbent healthcare providers have little influence over the type of service the consumer has access to. If this trend continues, elderly telecare users will make up an important part of the market for services such as Google Health and Microsoft’s Health Vault, especially if access and privacy issues slow the adoption of the electronic patient record systems deployed by incumbent healthcare providers.
The report looks at the way vendors are building a range of remote monitoring and communications technology into both existing and next generation telecare and support services for the elderly.
“Health 2.0 and Telecare for The Elderly” is available from Piribo. For more information go to: http://www.piribo.com/
Piribo product ID: WIH007
