World mobile Health (MHEALTH) market to reap revenues of $2 Billion in 2013

Friday 7 June 2013, Amsterdam

Our latest report examines the global mHealth market with a focus on service types, perceived benefits and the key drivers and barriers to uptake. This timely report is entitled World Mobile Healthcare (mHealth) Market 2013-2018: eHealth, Telemedicine & Health informatics

The potential benefits of mHealth solutions include improving healthcare system processes, collecting and retrieving crucial medical data and patients being able to manage chronic conditions better.  Dedicated devices that perform medical functions can utilise mobile technologies such as the cloud allowing data to be uploaded and downloaded instantly. The app ecosystem also offers a vast array of programs that cover everything from general wellness to chronic diseases and illnesses.

The mHealth ecosystem includes mobile operators who are set to reap revenues from increased data consumption. Healthcare practitioners will find workloads decreased and greater efficiency in treatments. Software and app developers will gain wide revenue streams from the creation of popular apps or solutions either through consumer purchase or subsidised purchase by health insurance companies. Governmental bodies and pharmaceutical companies can also increase savings and revenues from mHealth.

The author of World Mobile Healthcare (mHealth) Market 2013-2018: eHealth, Telemedicine & Health informatics report commented that “For the healthcare industry, mobile devices represent a disruptive technology that holds the potential to transform every element of healthcare. While currently in its infancy, we believe over the next five years mHealth will reach a rapid growth phase. 2013 marks an entry point for any potential ecosystem members to devise their mHealth solution and position themselves to reap majority shares of mHealth revenues”

The report contains 140 tables and charts that add visual analysis in order to explain key factors of the mHealth market and the companies involved. Visiongain provides global forecasts for the period 2013-2018 in terms of value (US$) for revenues as well as detailed regional forecasts and sub-segment  forecasts by ecosystem member: Mobile Operators, Device Vendors, Content developers and Healthcare developers and also sub-segment forecasts by service types: Monitoring, Diagnostic, Healthcare system processes, Other. Transcripts of exclusive interviews from two leading companies in the mHealth space are also included from Epocrates and Voxiva

World Mobile Healthcare (mHealth) Market 2013-2018: eHealth, Telemedicine & Health informatics report will be of value to current and future potential investors into the mobile telecoms sector, as well App Developers, Device Manufacturers, Government Agencies, Health Insurance Providers, Healthcare Practitioners, Healthcare Professionals, Mobile Network Operators (MNO), Medical Device Manufacturers, OEMs, Software Designers, Software Vendors.