Medical apps are the applications designed to provide services by using Internet-connected mobile devices. These are sets of software programs which are used in electronic health care record systems, Electronic Medical Record Systems (EMRS), practice management solutions and other related products. Mobile healthcare app development is a process that helps in the building of different types of apps. For improving patient care while enabling remote monitoring, increased data collection, streamlined administrative functions, etc.
The global market for mobile health has been increasing continuously during the last few years. Due to several benefits associated with it such as faster access to healthcare services. Improved knowledge about diseases and their treatments, direct connection among physicians and patients via telemedicine platforms which increases adherence level hence making treatment more effective. It also provides flexible access to healthcare services for people who would not have been able to afford it otherwise. In addition, mobile health increases patient engagement and provides a secure platform for exchanging medical data hence making the entire process more effective.
Mobile App Development Report
In this report, we have predicted the market from 2012 to 2020 with respect to 5 major components including iOS/iPhone development, Android development, Windows Phone 7 development, Blackberry development and HTML5 development. We have made an attempt in order to provide an insight into the competitive landscape of these contributions by providing information on key players operating in this market. The type of revenue generated is based upon two factors which are app types (communication & non-communication) and end users (MD Anderson Cancer Center; Johns Hopkins Medicine; Cedars Sinai Medical Center).
We have segmented mobile healthcare app development market in to communication and non-communication segments. Communication apps are further classified into patient communication, clinician communication and population management. We found that communication apps contribute the major market share (in terms of revenue). Due to increased demand for communication apps in medical institutions such as hospitals and clinics.
What to Expect in Upcoming Years?
Over the next few years we expect an improved penetration of smartphones. In developing nations which is expected to improve the growth rate of this market considerably through 2020. The number of smart phone users worldwide will be more than double by 2017 from its 2012 levels . In addition, custom applications offered by various manufacturers like Apple’s ResearchKit has opened new doors for innovation among researchers. Who can now create innovative research platforms for epidemiologists, biostatisticians, medical device developers and many more.
Finally, it can be said that mobile healthcare app development market will get a good boost through 2020. Mainly due to increasing penetration of smartphones in both developed and developing nations.
Innovative Platforms
The launch of innovative platforms by various manufacturers has opened doors for innovation among researchers. Who can take benefit from this platform and create new apps for different stakeholders. Some major players operating in this market are mHIMS, Ophthalmic Technologies Inc., Accenture Plc., Aplicor Medical Systems Inc., Appirio Inc., Aurasma Ltd, Axios Mobile Health, Caremerge, CellTrust Corporation, Cerner Corporation, CodeBaby Corp., Complete Genomics Inc., Curemd, Doctoranytime , Drive Medical Design & Manufacturing Inc., eInstruction Corporation, epocrates Inc,
Excell Group, GE Healthcare, Gemalto NV, Google Inc., HealthTap., Hippo Remote Healthcare Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Hitachi Systems Micro Clinic (HSMC) Co. Ltd., HP Labs, iCardiac Assist inc., InTouch Health Corp., JiffPad Inc., Joslin Diabetes Center. Innovation and Commercialization Group LLC, MedApps Medical Software Solutions s.r.l., MDliveonline SCA, MedPharmex Inc., MobiLimb a Johnson & Johnson company , Motion Metrics International Corporation Ltd . , Movical Oyi AB/Mobile+, Natus Medical Incorporated, nnovation, NTT DOCOMO, O2Micro International Ltd., Optum Labs, Other Machine Co., Pristine, Qardio Inc. , Quanttus Corporation, Rest Devices.
RightPatient GmbH & Co. KG Wirtschaftsinformatik mbH , Rountree Healthcare Solutions Inc., Sanofi Pasteur Ltd ., SensiVibes Inc., Souktel Inc., SQUAD Communications Limited (Squad), Stanford Medicine X (Stanford University), Strand Life Sciences Pvt. Ltd., Te Medical Systems AG, Teleradiology Providers LLC d/b/a Curapp Medical Technologies LLC vRad Group, UpToDate Inc. VaxTrac Ltd., VERT Worldwide, ViaSat UK Ltd., Wellframe LLC, Zevo Health Inc., Zolmax.
Medical Institutions Contribution
We have segmented mobile healthcare app development market in to end users. We found that medical institutions contribute the major market share (in terms of revenue). Due to increased demand for communication apps among hospitals and clinics. The next few years we expect an improved penetration of smartphones in developing nations which is expected to improve the growth rate of this market considerably through 2020 .
The number of smart phone users worldwide will be more than double by 2017 from its 2012 levels. In addition, custom applications offered by various manufacturers like Apple’s ResearchKit has opened new doors for innovation. Among researchers who can now create innovative research platforms for epidemiologists, biostatisticians, medical device developers and many more.
