The Global Market for mHealth Services is Projected to Reach US$22.9 Billion by 2020
Convergence of
Mobile Technology & Healthcare Spurs the Global mHealth Market, According
to a New Report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc.
GIA announces the release of a comprehensive global
report on mHealth (Mobile Health) Services. The global market for mHealth
Services is projected to reach US$22.9 billion by 2020, driven by spiraling sales
of smartphones, growing awareness over proactive
self-care, and development of innovative apps to address healthcare issues.
mHealth (mobile health) represents an alternate solution
to traditional high-cost healthcare services. By enabling the use of smartphones,
tablets, and PDAs to access critical healthcare information and leverage value-added
services, mHealth benefits patients as well as healthcare providers. mHealth
enables remote monitoring of chronic diseases, thus reducing the pressure on
hospitals and healthcare facilities and minimizing healthcare expenditure
considerably. Given the current challenging healthcare environment made complex
by aging population, high prevalence of chronic diseases and budgetary
constraints, mHealth stands to gain as an effective tool to provide efficient
patient care. Healthcare enterprises are also utilizing mHealth services to
actively involve patients for better treatment adherence for the best possible
outcomes.
mHealth
is gaining priority in mobile data capture applications, given its ability to
simplify data collection using multimedia, barcodes, smartforms, and real-time
data visualization. Mobile Health services continue to gain traction with the
growing adoption of smartphones across the globe and increasing use of these
devices for accessing a range of data services. High-speed internet access and
the global proliferation of 3G, 4G and LTE networks are encouraging the use of
smartphones for data intensive activities. Features such as built-in mobile
multimedia applications, touchscreen display capabilities with easy one-touch
access points and customized menu options, enhanced picture graphics and better
sound clarity, make smartphones invaluable as a means to deliver mHealth
services. Smartphones also come embedded with mobile app stores, which grant
users direct access to a range of healthcare and fitness apps. Revolutionizing
self-care strategies are fitness apps and ‘wellness’ apps that track general
health, sleep behaviors, and mood changes.
As stated by the new market research report on mHealth
Services Europe represents the largest market worldwide. Asia-Pacific ranks as
the fastest growing market with a CAGR of 38.7% over the analysis period. The growth
in the region is driven by proliferation of low cost smartphones, falling data service
tariffs, access to high speed mobile broadband
and increasing adoption of remote mobile monitoring solutions.
Major players in the market include AgaMatrix Inc., AirStrip Technologies, AliveCor Inc., AT&T ForHealth, Apple Inc., athenahealth Inc., Bio Telemetry Inc., Fitbit Inc., iHealth Lab Inc., Jawbone, Motion Computing, Qualcomm Inc., PatientKeeper Inc., Sotera Wireless Inc., Telcare Vodafone Group Plc, Voxiva Inc., and Withings SA.
The research report titled “mHealth
(Mobile Health) Services: A Global Strategic Business Report” announced by
Global Industry Analysts Inc., provides a
comprehensive review of market trends, issues, drivers, service
launches, mergers, acquisitions and other strategic industry activities of
global companies. The report provides
market estimates and projections for all major geographic markets such as the
US, Canada, Japan, Europe (France, Germany, Italy, UK, Spain, Russia, and Rest
of Europe), Asia-Pacific (China and Rest of Asia-Pacific), Latin America
(Brazil and Rest of Latin America), and Rest of World.
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