The rising penetration of the internet and the growing usage of smartphones are fueling the digitization of healthcare operations and the development of digital solutions for patient care. In the developing nations, the emergence of affordable 3G and 4G networks is massively boosting the mobile penetration. As per the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC), “as of December, 2016, China had 731 million internet users that represent the 53.2% of country’s population, with 95% of internet users being mobile users”.
Furthermore, as per the 2016 World Bank development indicators, 44 out of every 100 people in the world are internet users. This rapid rise in internet and smartphone usage is pushing up the requirement for mobile healthcare applications. Besides this, the increasing population in several countries and the rising prevalence of lifestyle diseases are also propelling the demand for mHealth solutions across the world. These apps help the medical practitioners provide home diagnostic solutions and personalized patient care.
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When offering is taken into consideration, the mHealth market is categorized into connected devices, mHealth apps, and services. Amongst these, the connected devices category recorded huge expansion in the market in the years gone by and this trend is likely to continue in the future as well. This will be because of the several advantages of connected devices such as their ability to provide remote monitoring of patients, patient care at low costs, improved patient outcomes, and real-time disease management.
Across the globe, the North American
Hence, it can be said with confidence that the demand for mHealth will rise all over the world in the forthcoming years, primarily because of the rising prevalence of chronic diseases, increasing costs of healthcare, and the growing requirement for personalized and remote patient care.
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