2015 will be an exciting year for mobile health (mHealth). According to Research and Markets, the mHealthindustryis growing at 61% annually. To watch how this mHealth market grows, here are 9 mHealth facts that you should watch.
1. Physicians are becoming more tech-savvy...
2. and believe that widespread adoption of mHealth is unavoidable.
3. In fact, 64% of physicians use medical apps monthly...
4. and 2 out of 5 have already prescribed an app to patients.
5. On the patient side, smartphone penetration will increase to over 80% by the end of 2015...
6. and for those 65+, smartphone penetration will pass 50% this year.
7. While only 29% use apps to track and manage their health,
8. 4 out of 5 US consumers are interested in mHealth solutions...
9. and, by 2017, 50% of mobile users are expected to download a health app.
--What do you think are the best trends to watch in mHealth? Leave any suggestions in the comments below.
This post was written by Philip Chen, co-founder and COO at SeamlessMD.