The rapid proliferation and advancement of telehealth

Healthcare institutions' motivations for innovation are to improve patient experience, stay relevant and support the changing care model (i.e., remote care and monitoring). Generally, they are slower to innovate as they need to decide which services to digitalise, but they have the innate ability to offer more in-depth healthcare services. They are quicker to innovate and deploy telehealth solutions but their continued growth involves offering more services through partnering or by acquisitions. A global trend gaining traction is telcos in health seeking to be the enabler to bridge the different ecosystem proponents such as consumers, healthcare service providers and the payors through high-speed networks (e.g., 5G) and differentiated connectivity services.