Press Release: Mobile Healthcare and Medical App Downloads to Reach 44 Million Next Year, Rising to 142 Million in 2016
Vibrant Health Hardware
Peripheral Market on the Horizon
Hampshire, UK - 29 November 2011:
The combination of the smartphone and the app stores has created a vibrant market
for mHealth apps which are forecast to reach 142 million downloads globally by
2016.
Apps already cover a wide range of mHealth use cases, varying from
medical calculators to monitoring software. However, in time, hardware peripherals
attached to the smartphone will greatly extend the capabilities of these apps,
finds Juniper Research.
App Peripherals
Hardware Peripherals designed to work directly with mHealth apps will allow
the smartphone to become an important portable accessory to the healthcare
establishment for both diagnosis and relaying medical data to healthcare staff,
states the report.
Consumer Focus
Juniper Research notes that the consumer focus of many mHealth apps
will result in mHealth becoming increasingly mainstream. According to report author Anthony Cox, "Acceptance
of new healthcare practices like remote patient monitoring will come directly
from consumers becoming engaged in mHealth through the smartphone."
Other findings from the report include:
·
Clarification from the US FDA (Food and Drug
Administration), on which mHealth apps will require FDA approval, is still
required but is expected to add further impetus to the market.
·
Significant cost-savings can be achieved through
remote patient monitoring in developed markets through the avoidance of
hospital stays and outpatient appointments.
·
The US has a notable lead over other developed
economies for remote patient monitoring due to the structure of the healthcare
industry and insurance funding.
The report nevertheless acknowledges the need for more trials to prove
both the medical benefits and the potential cost savings of advanced mHealth
services.
The report includes a comprehensive analysis of the current
state of play of the mHealth market and contains five year forecasts covering areas
including mHealth smartphone apps, remote patient monitoring for cardiac
outpatients and chronic diseases, and enterprise healthcare smartphones.
The mHealth whitepaper is available to download from the Juniper website together with further details
of the full report.
Juniper Research provides research and analytical services
to the global hi-tech communications sector, providing consultancy, analyst
reports and industry commentary.
Jess Hanslip
Juniper Research
T: +44(0)1256 830 002
E: jess.hanslip@juniperresearch.com
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