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Virtual healthcare refers to “virtual visits” that take place between clinicians and patients via communication technology such as audio or video calls in real time from any location of the world. With the help of virtual healthcare, patients can interact with doctors and take medical consultation sitting at home, saving both time and money. Virtual healthcare also helps specialists to monitor situations or procedures from remote locations. With rise in digital technology, virtual healthcare is becoming an essential part of the healthcare sector leading to wide adoption of virtual healthcare delivery services, which is expected to foster the virtual healthcare delivery market growth during the forecast period.
Surge in smartphone users, technological advancements in the healthcare sector, and rise in demand to reduce long waiting time in hospitals are the major factors that boost growth of the market. In addition, rise in cases of COVID-19 infections across the globe fuels the growth of the market. However, data security concern, lack of knowledge, and network issues hamper the market growth. Furthermore, increase in adoption of virtual health care services by the healthcare industry is expected to provide lucrative opportunities for the global virtual healthcare delivery market.
As COVID-19 patients are on the rise across the globe almost all countries have announced lockdowns. Hence, this delivery system helps people take medical consultations from doctors remotely. Many countries have allowed apps such as Zoom and Facetime for medical consultations. The WHO also recommended use of virtual healthcare delivery services to evaluate suspected cases of COVID-19, which fuels the virtual healthcare delivery market growth.
North America is expected to have the largest virtual healthcare delivery market share during the forecast period, owing to early adoption of technologies and best health infrastructure. In addition, Asia-Pacific is also expected to witness a significant growth, owing to emerging economies such as India, China, Japan and growth in smart phone users. Moreover, governments in this region are taking many initiatives to upgrade their health infrastructure, which is expected to propel the market growth.
Growth in infrastructure and telecommunication sector and widespread adoption of mobile phones and internet technologies are expected to drive the market growth in the future.
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