Telemedicine is a new concept in healthcare made possible by advances in telecommunication and secure sharing technology. This explosive new technology set is a prime point of interest at this years International Medical Travel Summit in Tampa

1. TELEMEDICINE

2. Clinical Research
Outsourcing (clinical studies
abroad)
Region Name
Number of
Studies
World 177167
Africa 4143
Central America 2071
East Asia 16828
Japan 3392
Europe 49222
Middle East 7424
North America 89033
Canada 13007
Mexico 2206
United States 80819
North Asia 3304
Pacifica 4697
South America 6069
South Asia 2993
Southeast Asia 3653
Map of All Studies in ClinicalTrials.gov

3. Clinical Research
Outsourcing (clinical studies
abroad)
Region Name Number of Studies
World 177167
South America 6069
Argentina 1814
Bolivia 28
Brazil 4131
Chile 972
Colombia 791
Ecuador 92
Guyana 1
Paraguay 21
Peru 718
Suriname 1
Uruguay 50
Venezuela 147
Region Name Number of Studies
World 177167
Central America 2071
Bahamas 14
Belize 11
Costa Rica 123
Cuba 39
Dominican Republic 110
El Salvador 31
Guatemala 222
Haiti 24
Honduras 31
Jamaica 26
Nicaragua 7
Panama 188
Puerto Rico 1494
Trinidad and Tobago 7

4. Medical Services
Outsourcing (medical
tourism)
|McKinsey & Company 33
BOG-PXD001-20090609-TURSAL-13-01
En el mundo, ~40% del total de pacientes internacionales que reciben
cuidado médico en el exterior son turistas de salud
35-45%100%
Todos los
pacientes
internacionales
que reciben
atención
médica
Turistas
de salud
Menos
casos de
emergencia
(30-35%)
Menos
expatriados
(25-30%)
FUENTE: Estudio de Mckinsey: Mapping the market for medical travel, Mayo 2008, Tilman Ehrbeck, Ceani Guevara, Paul
D. Mango; Análisis equipo de trabajo
 Turismo de salud es el proceso
en el cual una persona viaja
para recibir servicios de salud
en un país diferente a aquel en
el que reside
 Los turistas de salud son
aquellas personas que viajan
hacia un destino con el
objetivo especifico y principal
de recibir un servicio de salud
fuera de su país de residencia
Cifras globales: 1,63 millones de turistas
de salud solamente desde EEUU
(Deloitte)
Costa Rica: 50.000 pacientes

5. Medical Services Offshoring
(hospital branches abroad)
 En Centroamérica:
 Hospital Punta Pacifica
(Panamá) afiliado a
Johns Hopkins
 Hospital CIMA San José
y Guanacaste (Costa
Rica) de propiedad de
International Hospital
Corporation (Dallas)
 Hospital Clínica Santa
Rita (Costa Rica)
comprado por
Nueterra

6. Telemedicine
 According to a recent survey by Intel, 89 percent of
healthcare executives expect telemedicine to transform the
U.S. healthcare system in the next decade.
 In 2000, more than half of all Internet users had used the Web
to obtain medical or health information.33 That number rose to
60 percent by the end of 2007.34 As of 2011, 80 percent of
Internet users now gather health information online,35 while 27
percent have reportedly tracked their weight, diet, exercise
routine, or some other health symptom online.
 At least 300 hospitals in the U.S. and some two-thirds of
radiology practices use some form of teleradiology
 A recent study estimated that “the market for telemedicine
devices and services will generate nearly $3.6 billion in annual
revenue within the next five years.
 The global healthcare IT market is expected to grow from
$99.6 billion in 2010 to $162.2 billion in 2015, at a CAGR of 10.2%
from 2010 to 2015.