US Innovation Market Guide on eHealth

Abstract

Are you looking for ways to expand your eHealth business to the US? Do you want to know more about eHealth innovation ecosystem in the US? This guide can help you!

Since the US is the market with the most eHealth innovation and business opportunities in the world, the US Innovation Market Guide on eHealth can guide you through the US innovation ecosystem related to e-Health, including the innovation hubs, innovation facilitators as well as Industry-related RDI centers.

From the market side, this guide also gives you a brief market overview including leading regions of e-Health market, opportunities and barriers to enter the US eHealth market. To ensure that you have the right partner, the guide presents the eHealth innovation and market networks and important events for you to start growing your network in the US.

In addition, the guide could help you in participating in US initiatives both at the federal level, including initiatives from the National Science Foundation (NSF), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Small Business Administration (SBA). At the state level, you have a chance to learn about initiatives coming from a sample of states that include Arizona, California and Maryland.

Therefore, this guide is an effective tool for European academic and industry communities to gain knowledge in the eHealth sector of the US!

This guide was published in January 2018 and updated on October 2023 and is available in English. It has 73 pages and 3 Annex pages. 

Table of Contents

List of Abbreviations (page 13)

In this section the list of Abrreviations used in this report are presented

1 Introduction (page 17)

This study, which has been developed in the context of the ENRICH in the USA network, aims to provide relevant information on the United States (US) landscape concerning the eHealth innovation ecosystem and market.

2 US innovation ecosystem (page 21)

2.1. Innovation Hubs (page 22)
2.2. Innovation facilitators (page 32)
2.3. Industry related RDI centers (page 34)

3 US market landscape (page 41)

3.1. Market overview (page 41)
3.2. Leading regions (page 43)
3.3. Market considerations (page 49)
   3.3.1. Opportunities (page 49)
   3.3.2. Barriers (page 50)
   3.3.3. Other considerations (page 52)

4 Recognized networks and events (page 54)

4.1. Innovation / market networks and associations (page 54)
4.2. Innovation and market events (page 60)

5 US innovation initiatives and programs (page 63)

5.1. Federal initiatives/programs (page 63)
  5.1.1. National Science Foundation (NSF) (page 65)
  5.1.2. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) (page 65)
  5.1.3. United States Agency for International Development (USAID) (page 67)
   5.1.4. Department of Defense (DoD) (page 68)
   5.1.5. Small Business Administration (SBA) (page 68)
5.2. State initiatives/programs (page 69)
   5.2.1. Arizona: Telemedicine Program for the prison system and rural underserved communities (page 70)
   5.2.2. California: California Telehealth Network (CTN) (page 70)
   5.2.3. Maryland: Maryland Health Care Commission (MHCC) - Telemedicine Task Force (page 71)

6 Observations (page 72)

Annex 1: Summary of the US Federal and State Funding Initiatives and Programs (page 74)