Telemedicine offers men with erectile dysfunction a less stressful way to seek help for their problem. The telemedicine industry is experiencing a spectacular growth spurt that is expected to continue for the foreseeable future.
The U.S. telemedicine market is expected to reach a total value of $64 billion by 2025, according to market research conducted by Global Market Insights. The market is expected to enjoy a compound annual growth rate of 18 percent between 2019 and 2025.
Telemedicine is defined by the American Telemedicine Association as “the use of medical information exchanged from one site to another via electronic communications to improve patients’ health status.” In its simplest, most primitive form, this would include a telephone call between a doctor and a patient, which is hardly new. However, modern telecommunications and telemetry technology has added a spectacular array of bells and whistles that make telemedicine a much more powerful tool than it once was.
Less Stressful for Men with ED
This explosive growth in telemedicine bodes well for men with erectile dysfunction, many of whom might hesitate to seek medical attention for their problem because of their reluctance to discuss such intimate matters face to face. Many of these men, however, find it far easier to exchange information about ED via telemedicine.
Coping with Chronic Diseases
Helping to fuel telemedicine’s spectacular rise, according to Global Market Insights, has been a rise in the prevalence of chronic diseases, many of which must be monitored long term. Teleconferencing technology gives medical professionals easy access to patients, who in turn benefit by not having to travel to and from doctors’ offices. This is particularly beneficial for patients who live in remote areas of the country.
Another factor in telemedicine’s recent growth has been a regulatory climate that has warmed to the practice of telemedicine considerably over the past few years. Not too long ago, some states put such onerous restrictions on telemedicine that potential providers were discouraged from participating in the practice. That has changed dramatically.
Insurers Warm Toward Telemedicine
And insurers are also taking a more positive view of medical services delivered via telemedicine. According to a report posted at UPI.com, FAIR Health reported in July 2019 a 1,400 percent increase in insurance claims for non-hospital-based provider-to-patient telemedicine over the past four years. FAIR Health is a nonprofit organization that manages America’s largest database of privately billed health insurance claims.
Meanwhile, a 2018 Cleveland Clinic survey confirms the general reluctance of men to discuss intimate health matters with anyone, including their best friends. Only 9 percent of the survey’s respondents said that preventing ED is their highest-priority health concern. Forty-four percent said they are most concerned about preventing heart attack, while 42 percent said cancer prevention is their primary health concern. Weight gain, stroke, and arthritis were all matters of greater concern to men than ED.
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