Home Health Monitoring Systems for Heart Failure Patients Emerge as the Healthcare...

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Home Health Monitoring Systems for Heart Failure Patients Emerge as the Healthcare Industry Moves from Intervention-based Care to Preventive Care

DUBLIN, Ireland--(Business Wire)--
Research and Markets
(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c88230) has announced the
addition of Executive Brief -- Home Health Monitoring for Heart
Failure Patients to their offering.

   Heart failure represents a costly and debilitating burden on
families and health system alike. This report analyzes an emerging
solution that remotely monitors heart failure patients at home using
the latest telecommunication infrastructure and medical device
technologies. Besides highlighting the solutions, the report evaluates
this market in comparison to existing approaches like heart failure
disease management practices and the traditional clinical intervention
model. Furthermore, the report examines the target market segments and
compares different business models employed by technology vendors.
Finally, the report provides a five-year revenue forecast for heart
failure home monitoring technologies and profiles major solution
providers.

   "The healthcare industry is slowly moving away from
intervention-based care to preventive care, and home monitoring is
arriving at the right junction,"

   said Harry Wang, Senior Analyst with Parks Associates. "To make
home monitoring a sustainable business venture, however, solution
vendors must

   clear away a few significant hurdles first, including addressing
the high cost issue of the solution and expanding into new markets
where successful business models are still elusive."

   Companies Mentioned:

   A&D Medical

   Alere Medical

   CareMatix

   CardioNet

   LifeWatch

   McKesson Provider Technology

   Patient Care Technology

   SHL Telemedicine

   ViTelNet

   WebVMC

   For more information visit
http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c88230

Research and Markets
Laura Wood
Senior Manager
press@researchandmarkets.com
Fax: +353 1 4100 980

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