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JUPITERRESEARCH REPORTS THAT ADOPTION OF ONLINE PATIENT-PHYSICIAN CONSULTATIONS IS STALLED DUE TO COST CONSIDERATIONS(New York, NY - March 10, 2004) -- JupiterResearch, a division of Jupitermedia Corporation (Nasdaq: JUPM), today announced that consumer adoption of online clinical consultations is extremely low. Only 3% of adult Internet users held online clinical consultations with their doctors in 2003, even though 65% of adult Internet users said they were interested in using this service in 2002.JupiterResearch's new report "Online Patient-Physician Communication: Benchmarking Consumer Adoption" found that adoption of online clinical consultations continues to be low. Moreover, growth in this service is unlikely in the next two-three years partly due to consumers' unwillingness to pay for this service. According to the survey, 92% of consumers are unwilling to pay more than $10 for an online consultation even after taking into consideration the time and cost involved in seeing a doctor face-to-face. According to Monique Levy, Health Analyst at JupiterResearch, "For this service to finally take off, health insurers will have to determine whether it makes financial sense to get involved, and if so, their level of participation." This finding indicates that consumers are reluctant to take on increased financial responsibility for a health service for which they have shown strong interest. The highest adoption of online clinical consultations was among chronically ill consumers, which have typically been vendors' (i.e., companies that sell the technology that powers online consultations such as RelayHealth, Medem and MyDocOnline) and health insurers' primary market. However, the report also found that there is strong demand and adoption among consumers that are in good health overall or those who believe they are at risk, as well as consumers who have strong confidence in their ability to use online health resources. "These confident and generally healthy consumers present a strong market opportunity for vendors and health insurers," stated Levy. The complete findings of this report are immediately available to Jupiter Research clients online. For more information on the report or Jupiter Research's Health research service, please contact Kieran Kelly at [email protected] or call 1-800-481-1212.
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