Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/hm4swn/the_mobile) has announced the addition of Signals and Systems Telecom's new report "The Mobile Healthcare (mHealth) Bible: 2014 - 2020" to their offering.

With more than 7 Billion mobile network subscriptions worldwide, the mobile communications sector is rapidly gaining traction from a diverse range of vertical sectors. Healthcare is no exception to this trend.

As healthcare providers seek to maximize their patient outreach while minimizing costs, many view mobile healthcare (or mHealth) as the solution to improve healthcare cost-efficiency. mHealth refers to the usage of mobile communications technology and devices to enhance access to healthcare information, improve distribution of routine and emergency health services and provide diagnostic services.

Mobile network operators also view mHealth as a lucrative opportunity for the monetization of their mobile connectivity services. Given that most operators have established themselves as reputable consumer brands, they are also eyeing on opportunities to offer services beyond simple connectivity. Many operators already offer branded or co-branded end-to-end mHealth solutions to their customer bases. In addition, mHealth offers a multitude of opportunities to the pharmaceutical industry ranging from R&D activities to securing the supply chain, and in the battle against counterfeit drugs.

This report presents an in-depth assessment of the global mHealth market. In addition to covering key market drivers, challenges, future roadmap, value chain analysis, deployment case studies, service/product strategies and strategic recommendations, the report also presents comprehensive forecasts for the mHealth market from 2013 till 2020. Historical revenue figures for 2010 - 2012 are also presented. The forecasts and historical revenue figures are individually segmented for 5 individual submarkets, 29 use case categories, 5 ecosystem player categories, 6 geographical regions and 34 countries.

Key Findings:

- Driven by the thriving ecosystem, the mHealth market will account for nearly $9 Billion in 2014 alone.

- Despite barriers relating to regulation, patient acceptance and privacy concerns, SNS Research estimates further growth at a CAGR of nearly 40% over the next 6 years.

- The widespread availability of high-speed connectivity has opened up considerable opportunities for advanced mHealth applications such as remote video consultation.

- Besides video applications, mobile network operators are also eyeing on other latency & bandwidth sensitive mHealth applications to capitalize on their recent LTE infrastructure upgrades. For example, London's Air Ambulance uses EE's LTE network for navigational support.

- mHealth offers a multitude of opportunities to the pharmaceutical industry ranging from R&D activities to securing the supply chain, and in the battle against counterfeit drugs.

- mHealth has the potential to dramatically reduce the costs of healthcare operations, while improving the quality of healthcare. The research estimates that by the end of 2014, mHealth could represent up to $250 Billion in annual healthcare cost savings worldwide.

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Source: Signals and Systems Telecom

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