Almost 1M families used video consultations with physicians last year

Almost 1M families used video consultations with physicians last year 150 150 IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine (JTEHM)

The number of households using video consultations with physicians will grow, from 900,000 in 2013 to 22.6 million in 2018, according to a report from Parks Associates.
Parks Associates previously released other data from this report last month, which added that video consultation revenues will grow from under $100 million in 2013 to $13.7 billion in 2018.
By the third quarter of 2013, 28 percent of broadband households in the United Stated used some type of online healthcare communications. And in this group, 36 percent have used the tools once, 27 percent have used the tools twice over a two-year period, while 4 only percent have used the tools 10 times or more over a two-year period.
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