Within the next five years, about 500 million individuals will be using mobile health care applications on their smart phones, according to a new report, Computerworld reports.
The report -- titled "Global Mobile Health Market Report 2010-2015" -- was produced by market research company research2guidance.
Report Details
The report estimates that there will be 1.4 billion smart phone users by 2015 and that more than one-third of them will have a health-related app.
According to the report, there are about 17,000 mobile health apps in major stores, 74% of which are obtained through application service providers.
The report found that:
- About 43% of mobile health apps are aimed at health care professionals (Mearian, Computerworld, 11/16); and
- About 26% of the applications are available at no cost to users.
Market Growth
Ralf-Gordon Jahns, head of research at research2guidance, said the market for mobile health apps is ready to accelerate.
According to the report:
- 46% of industry revenue will come from mobile health-related services;
- 30% of industry revenue will come from device sales; and
- 14% of industry revenue will come from app downloads (Bruce, E-Health Europe, 11/17).