The report recognizes the following companies as the key players in Telemedicine Market in BRIC 2015-2019: Agfa-Gevaert, AMD Global Telemedicine, Honeywell HomMed and Philips Healthcare
Other Prominent Vendors in the market are: Aerotel Medical Systems, Alcatel Lucent, American Telecare, CardioComm, Cisco Systems, Cybernet Medical, IBM, LifeWatch, Bosch Healthcare, Viterion TeleHealthcare and Zydacron
The report Commenting on the report, an analyst from Technavio’s team said: “Governments in the BRIC countries have increased their support to promote the market. For instance, Brazil is attracting numerous telemedicine projects because of governmental healthcare initiatives that target low-income groups. Similarly, the market in Russia is growing rapidly because of governmental initiatives regarding health education and teleconsultation services in rural areas, and these areas are being connected to urban hospitals via broadband.”
According to the report, the majority of the population in the BRIC countries resides in rural areas. The need for healthcare in these areas compels the governments in these countries to take initiatives for health education and teleconsultation services.
Further, the report states that the limited data security of telemedicine software inhibits market growth.
The study was conducted using an objective combination of primary and secondary information including inputs from key participants in the industry. The report contains a comprehensive market and vendor landscape in addition to a SWOT analysis of the key vendors.