3Cinteractive LLC's List: 2013 mHealth

With a projected compound annual growth rate of 61%, the mHealth market will reach $26 billion in value by 2017.

The latest Wolters Kluwer Health 2013 Physician Outlook Survey shows that 24% of doctors now use mobile applications at work.

Healthcare professionals around the world are turning to social media with increasing frequency.

The global mHealth market is predicted to grow from $6.21 billion in revenue in 2013 to $23.49 billion by 2018 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 30.5 percent over that five-year period, according to a new report from market research firm MarketsandMarkets.

A large percentage of Americans want access to health services from their smartphone, but more want it through their laptop or desktop, according to a recently published survey conducted by Harris Interactive and HealthDay. This survey included responses from 2,050 adults who answered the questions online.

Nearly three-quarters of physicians in the United States are using their smartphones at work, according to a March 2013 survey conducted by ad agency WPP’s Kantar Media.

Global mHealth market to reach $10.2B in 2018
Driven by the increasing adoption of smartphones and rising incidences of chronic diseases, the global mHealth market will reach $10.2 billion by 2018 from the 2012 level of $1.3 billion, a compounded annual growth rate of 41.5 percent from 2012 to 2018, a new report from Albany, N.Y.-based Transparency Market Research finds.

Kantar’s most recent report found that almost three-quarters (74%) of the physicians surveyed use a smartphone for professional purposes, a 9% increase year-over-year.

The findings of a recent survey by Cisco suggest that a growing number of patients may prefer telehealth to human contact.

Within the next four years, the mobile healthcare services market will begin the commercialization phase and reach $26 billion worldwide as smartphone apps enable the mHealth industry to monetize these services, according to an announcement about a new report by mobile research firm research2guidance.

The University of Virgina School of Medicine says smartphones can improve care for individuals residing in rural areas who just learned that they have contracted HIV.

A new survey of healthcare providers conducted by eClinicalWorks, a market leader in ambulatory clinical systems, shows that 93 percent of physicians find value in having a mobile health app connected to electronic health records (EHRs).

Smartphones can be effective platforms in helping women with chronic widespread pain, according to an article in the Journal of Medical Internet Research about a recent Norweigan study.

Mobile technology will transform the healthcare industry with increased productivity gains saving $305 billion over the next 10 years, according to a new report by the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions.

Empathica said online prescription drug sales are expected to grow at a faster rate than in-store sales, but 40% of pharmacies don't have an online presence, and among those that do, half of customers are unaware of web offerings, while less than 20% have received information or offers promoting them.

Fueled by healthcare reform aimed at reducing in-patient costs and post-acute care strategies designed to reduce readmissions, the worldwide telehealth (remote patient monitoring) market will grow by 55 percent in 2013 in terms of device and service revenues, according to a recent report from InMedica, the medical technology research division of U.K.-based market research consultancy IMS Research.