TECHNOLOGY
In addition to eliminating wait times and frustrated patients , telemedicine will also reduce costs by eliminating unnecessary visits to the emergency room .
LAST YEAR SAW exponential growth for the digital health market with funding in the first three quarters alone surpassing $ 5 billion , according to Mashable – close to double of what was invested in all of 2013 – and numerous research analysts have been predicting that 2015 will see a huge increase in the integration of telemedicine .
Research firm Kalorama Information named telemedicine as one of the top five health trends for the year while IDC Health Insights projected that 65 percent of transactions with healthcare organizations will be mobile by 2018 .
18 March 2015