The number of physician-patient video consultations is expected to increase three-fold from 2014 to 2015, according to a report from Parks Associates.
In 2014, there will be approximately 5.7 million telemedicine consultations, which is expected to jump to more than 16 million in 2015. Furthermore, by 2018, the number of video consultations is projected to surpass 130 million.
"The connected health markets are experiencing tremendous growth both in end-user connected devices and on the institutional side," said Harry Wang, director of health and mobile product research at Parks Associates, in a news release.
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