The Global Mobile Health Solutions Market is expected to experience significant growth during the period 2013-2018 because of increasing health consciousness among consumers.
Currently, the majority of the demand for mobile health solutions comes from North America, followed by the APAC region, Western Europe, Latin America, and the MEA region, including Eastern Europe.
However, the APAC region is expected to witness significant growth during the forecast period due to an increase in the income levels of the middle-class population.
TechNavio analysts have identified the top 10 mobile health solutions companies expected to help grow the market at a CAGR of 34.88 percent during the forecast period.
Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Inc.
Allscripts Healthcare is another leading provider of mobile healthcare applications. This company is a major EHR developer and also provides healthcare applications. Allscripts’ healthcare solutions are widely used in North America.
Allscripts’ mobile homecare app runs only on smartphones and extends the usage of EHR in the market. This helps in collecting information and updating the clinical records, which enables full interaction with patients. It also provides solutions for nursing staff, hospitals, and government organizations.
In addition, it provides physician practices comprising of EHR, revenue cycle, management, clearing house services, and document imaging solutions.
Apple Inc.
Apple is another major player in the market offering mobile healthcare applications. Most healthcare professionals rely on the Apple iPad and other tablets for mobile health communication.
Similarly, many Apple iPhone users are accessing various health applications such as MedLinePlus, Gazelle, MyFitnessPal, miCoach, and WebMD. The increase in demand for iPhones in developed countries is expected to drive the mobile health application revenue of the company.
Cerner Corp.
Cerner offers connected devices for the mobile health solutions market. It develops its software solutions on the unified Cerner Millennium architecture. It plans to increase its revenue by expanding its solutions portfolio within its existing customer base.
The company’s EMR solutions allow doctors and hospital staff to store, capture, and access patient information. The solution provides real-time access to search and collect patient information.
In addition, it provides security to patient information, whereby personal information of patients is not disclosed to outsiders. It has developed a cloud-based platform, Healthe Intent, which includes data from any EMR along with claims data, medical evidence, and research that can facilitate better proactive care.
GE Healthcare Ltd.
GE Healthcare was a leading vendor in the market for connected devices and mobile healthcare applications in 2013. It offers life care solutions, including anesthesia drug delivery, diagnostic cardiology, perinatal and respiratory care, and patient monitoring and diagnostic imaging solutions.
It provides various applications to hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, and government agencies. Its application Morsel provides information to consumers about their wellbeing and tracks their health reports.
Philips Healthcare
Philips Healthcare was one of the leading vendors in the Global Mobile Health Solutions market in 2013. It is a diversified health and medical devices company focused on improving people’s lives through timely innovations.
As a global leader in healthcare, lifestyle and lighting solutions, the company assimilates technologies and designs consumer-centric solutions based on customer insights. Its offers solutions that include clinical applications, radiation oncology, and portfolio management.
It also offers advanced diagnostic imaging, which includes computed tomography, MRI, and molecular imaging. Moreover, it also provides interventional X-rays, digital X-rays, ultrasound products, and patient monitoring solutions for clinical information.
Athenahealth
Athenahealth is well established in the US. The company provides services through athenaNet, an internet-based application. It also offers athenacollector, which is a revenue management service that provides automated billing-related solutions for physicians and assists physicians with their client bases.
It acquired Epocrates, a healthcare applications developer, for US$293 million, in March 2013. This acquisition will help the company to enter the Global Mobile Health Solutions market. Epocrates was one of the leading vendors in the Global Mobile Health Solutions market in 2011.
Epocrates’ products such as Epocrates Rx Free and Epocrates MobileCME Free are widely used by smartphone users. The company develops free healthcare applications such as a medicine reminder application and applications that provide updates on seasonal diseases.
Medtronic
Medtronic is another player in the market offering connected devices. It offers device-based medical therapies. It works within two divisions: the Cardiac and Vascular Group, and the Restorative Therapies Group.
The Cardiac and Vascular Group offers pacemakers, defibrillators, atrial fibrillation, CRDM devices, heart valve placements, open heart surgical products, and delivery systems.
The Restorative Therapies Group offers products for the treatment of disorders, chronic pain, biological products, and devices incorporating advanced energy technology.
WellDoc
WellDoc is a vendor in the market that provides solutions for chronic disease management. It offers Diabetes Manager, which is a platform for patients to understand diabetes care, propel self-management, and achieve long-term adherence.
It also provides solutions for clinical requirements, mobile and web software development, integration, acceptance of diagnostic testing by patients, and multi-parting management solutions.
Voxiva
Voxiva was another vendor in the Global Mobile Health Solutions market in 2013. This company provides various healthcare applications on pregnancy, infant, and child growth.
It offers the text4baby application, which provides health-related information to pregnant women and new mothers. Its Care4life solution is an application designed to help diabetic people manage their diet through self-education.
Johnson & Johnson Services
Johnson & Johnson Services is another vendor offering hospital and consumer products. Its offerings include cardiovascular care products, glucose-monitoring systems, orthopedic implants, advanced sterilization products, and devices for surgical procedures.
