Report: Mobile Healthcare Workers Favor mHealth Solutions
NEW YORK, Nov. 23, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- According to Kalorama Information, the global mobile health market, the total opportunity for makers of devices, software and wireless services selling to healthcare customers, will reach nearly $34 billion by the end of 2015. The healthcare market researcher said that healthcare applications will grow faster than other mobile application areas. Kalorama's report, mHealth Markets Worldwide, looks at all areas of mobile products in health including apps, devices and services.
Mobile Health Device (mHealth) Markets Worldwide can be found at Kalorama Information: http://www.kaloramainformation.com/redirect.asp?progid=87683&productid=9138421.
The healthcare market researcher defines mHealth as the evaluation and delivery of healthcare using mobile and wireless devices.
"The use of laptops, COWs and other computers never reflected the true potential of the healthcare market because healthcare workers are on the move and need to be where patients need care," said Bruce Carlson, Publisher of Kalorama Information. "It's not surprising that wireless devices and the associated software, has taken hold among the professions."
Kalorama said that physicians, medical students, nurses and other healthcare workers often use a variety of information sources each day. The use of mobile devices and applications (mobile device software) has proven itself to be an efficient way for professionals to stay connected as the industry grows and changes. Smartphone applications or "apps" can be developed for numerous types of processes including education, health management, data management, health information and other workflow processes.
Not only is the medical community using smartphones and their applications for basic work, but also are sending resources that once went to laptop or stationary computer spending to mhealth. To assess the mobile service market, Kalorama information evaluated health-related mobile tasks as an average for all users. Based on the number of users, the percentage estimates for health-related tasks, and the cost of annual services, a general estimate for market value was determined.
The increased visibility of mobile medical devices and applications for smartphones has prompted the Food and Drug Administration to provide more oversight in this segment, and the report discusses this issue.
mHealth Markets Worldwide evaluates the professional healthcare market for mobile devices. To evaluate the mobile software market, Kalorama Information gathered data from mobile app providers – namely Apple, Inc. and Google – to determine the number of downloads, cost, drop-out rate and other factors to generate a market for mobile health software markets.
Mobile Health Device (mHealth) Markets Worldwide can be found at Kalorama Information: http://www.kaloramainformation.com/redirect.asp?progid=87683&productid=9138421.
About Kalorama Information
Kalorama Information, a division of MarketResearch.com, supplies the latest in independent medical market research in diagnostics, biotech, pharmaceuticals, medical devices and healthcare; as well as a full range of custom research services. Reports can be purchased through Kalorama's website and are also available on www.marketresearch.com and www.profound.com.
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