An In-depth Assessment of the Global mHealth Market

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Bharat Book Bureau Presents The Mobile Healthcare (mHealth) Bible: 2014-2020 - With more than seven Billion mobile network subscriptions worldwide, the mobile communications sector is rapidly gaining traction from a diverse range of vertical sectors. Healthcare is no exception to this trend. (http://www.bharatbook.com/mobile-and-telecoms-market-research-reports/the-mobile-healthcare-mhealthbible-2014-2020.html)

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As healthcare providers seek to maximize their patient outreach while minimizing costs, many view mobile healthcare (or mHealth) as the solution to improve healthcare cost-efficiency. mHealth refers to the usage of mobile communications technology & devices to enhance access to healthcare information, improve distribution of routine and emergency health services and provide diagnostic services.

Mobile network operators also view mHealth as a lucrative opportunity for the monetization of their mobile connectivity services. Given that most operators have established themselves as reputable consumer brands, they are also eyeing on opportunities to offer services beyond simple connectivity. Many operators already offer branded or co-branded end-to-end mHealth solutions to their customer bases.

In addition, mHealth offers a multitude to opportunities to the pharmaceutical industry ranging from R&D activities to securing the supply chain and, in the battle against counterfeit drugs.

Driven by the thriving ecosystem, SNS Research estimates that the mHealth market will account for nearly $9 Billion in 2014 alone. Despite barriers relating to regulation, patient acceptance and privacy concerns, SNS Research estimates further growth at a CAGR of nearly 40% over the next 6 years.

This report presents an in-depth assessment of the global mHealth market. In addition to covering key market drivers, challenges, future roadmap, value chain analysis, deployment case studies, service/product strategies and strategic recommendations, the report also presents comprehensive forecasts for the mHealth market from 2013 till 2020. Historical revenue figures for 2010 - 2012 are also presented. The forecasts and historical revenue figures are individually segmented for 5 individual submarkets, 29 use case categories, 5 ecosystem player categories, 6 geographical regions and 34 countries.

Topics Covered:

The scope and implementation of mHealth across the globe
mHealth technology
Market drivers and key benefits of mHealth
Challenges and inhibitors to the mHealth ecosystem
mHealth standardization and regulatory initiatives
Value chain analysis of the mHealth ecosystem and the recognition of key players in each segment of the value chain

Key Findings:

Driven by the thriving ecosystem, SNS Research estimates that mHealth market will account for nearly $9 Billion in 2014 alone
Despite barriers relating to regulation, patient acceptance and privacy concerns, SNS Research estimates further growth at a CAGR of nearly 40% over the next 6 years
The widespread availability of high speed connectivity has opened up considerable opportunities for advanced mHealth applications such as remote video consultation
Besides video applications, mobile network operators are also eyeing on other latency & bandwidth sensitive mHealth applications to capitalize on their recent LTE infrastructure upgrades. For example London's Air Ambulance uses EE's LTE network for navigational support
mHealth offers a multitude to opportunities to the pharmaceutical industry ranging from R&D activities to securing the supply chain and, in the battle against counterfeit drugs
mHealth has the potential to dramatically reduce the costs of healthcare operations, while improving the quality of healthcare. SNS Research estimates that by the end of 2014, mHealth could represent up to $250 Billion in annual healthcare cost savings worldwide

Key Questions Answered:

What are the key market drivers and challenges for the mHealth ecosystem?
What are the key applications of mHealth?
How is the mHealth value chain structured and how will it evolve overtime?
What opportunities does mHealth offer to mobile network operators, healthcare service providers, pharmaceutical companies and other players in the value chain?
What strategies should mobile network operators, wireless infrastructure & device OEMs, healthcare service providers, pharmaceutical companies and application developers adopt to capitalize on the mHealth opportunity?
How big is the mHealth market, and how much revenue will it generate in 2020?
What will be the installed base of mHealth M2M connections in 2020?
What particular submarkets does the mHealth ecosystem constitute?
What geographical regions, countries and submarkets offer the greatest growth potential for mHealth?
Who are the key players in the mHealth market?

Table of Contents:

Introduction
An Overview of mHealth
mHealth Value Chain and Industry Roadmap
mHealth Use Cases
mHealth Deployment Case Studies
mHealth Solution Provider Profiles
Standardization, Regulation & Development Initiatives
Market Analysis & Forecasts
Conclusion & Strategic Recommendations

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