Hospital and physician revenues threatened by alternative options in the U.S. 2013

This statistic displays hospital and physician revenues that are threatened due to the emergence of new entrants in the U.S. healthcare industry, as of 2013. Alternative options for a routine ECG (for example, have an electrocardiogram at home using a device attached to the phone, with results wirelessly sent to the physician) may threaten 2.9 billion dollars of the U.S. hospital and physician industry's annual revenues. New possibilities in the mobile and electronic health industries are creating convenient options that consumers desire which can threaten hospital and physician revenues.