Here are five key trends:
1. Advancement in medical technologies, increased smartphone adoption, higher income levels and changes in consumer preferences after the rising adoption of data services are driving the growth. Government policies and regulatory scrutiny are also driving growth.
2. Physician offices have a high acceptance rate of mHealth technology, including mobile and wireless device use as well as telemedicine. The increasing prevalence of disease in the rising aging population creates a population interested in mHealth.
3. The consumer mHealth market struggles due to security concerns for privacy, rising healthcare expenditure, shortage of trained professionals and a lack of healthcare delivery infrastructure.
4. Monitoring services is expected to have the largest global market share, driven by the increased aging population, post-acute care service and chronic disease management.
5. The diagnosis services market are expected to generate revenue from developing countries and healthcare systems are expected to strengthen diagnosis services in both developed and developing countries.
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