Growth of Wireless Telehealth
August 18, 2009 | Terry Sharrer
Even without insurance reimbursement, analysts estimate that by 2012 some 15 million mobile and wireless healthcare devices will be in service in the US, mainly to monitor the elderly and other people at risk. Generally, if any telehealth system can demonstrate a 4% or greater savings in health costs, it will have good prospects for coming under Medicare coverage, and from there, extend to private payers. MORE