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Research and Markets: mHealth and Home Monitoring - 5th Edition: The Number of Devices with Integrated Cellular Connectivity Is Projected To Grow At A CAGR Of 46.3 Percent to 7.1 Million In 2017
DUBLIN --(Business Wire)--
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/bdcqs8/mhealth_and_home)
has announced the addition of Berg Insight AB's new report "mHealth and
Home Monitoring - 5th Edition" to their offering.
Berg Insight says 2.8 million patients are remotely monitored today
According to a new research report from the analyst firm Berg Insight,
around 2.8 million patients worldwide were using a home monitoring
service based on equipment with integrated connectivity at the end of
2012. The figure comprises all patients that were using dedicated
devices for remote monitoring. Patients using their personal mobile
phone, tablet or PC for remote monitoring are not included in this
figure. Berg Insight forecasts that the number of home monitoring
systems with integrated communication capabilities will grow at a
compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 26.9 percent between 2011 and 2017
to reach 9.4 million connections worldwide. The number of devices with
integrated cellular connectivity increased from 0.73 million in 2011 to
about 1.03 million in 2012. mHealth enables more efficient care
delivery, decreased costs and improved sustainability of the healthcare
system. The new care models enabled by these tecnologies are often
consistent with patients' preferences of living more healthy, active and
independent lives. Widespread use of remote patient monitoring is still
years away, but we are moving towards an age where mHealth solutions
will become part of standard care pathways. Financial incentives are now
coming into place and new mandates are formed that favourably affect the
adoption of mHealth solutions. The author believes 2013 will be a
landmark year as the mHealth industry shifts into a strong growth phase
that will last for many years to come, says Lars Kurkinen, Telecom
Analyst, Berg Insight.
Several new developments in the mHealth industry will ensure strong
market growth in 2013 and beyond. In the US, the progressive increases
of readmission penalties set by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services (CMS) will drive hospitals to adopt telehealth solutions for
monitoring post-discharge patients. In the UK, the positive results from
the Whole System Demonstrator project led the National Health Service to
issue a mandate for 100,000 additional patients to be monitored with
telehealth solutions by March 2014. In France, a new mandate on
compliance monitoring will ensure that all new sleep therapy patients
will be remotely monitored from 2013 onwards. This new mandate is
expected to result in more than 600,000 connected sleep therapy devices
by 2016.
Some of the Companies Mentioned:
- Abbott Laboratories
- AT&T (News - Alert)
- Bayer Healthcare
- Boston Scientific
- Covidien
- Deutsche Telecom
- Epic Systems
- Fisher & Paykel Healthcare
- Grandcare Systems
- Helena Laboratories
- Innospense
- International Technidyne Corporation
- Johnson & Johnson
- KORE Telematics
- LifeWatch
- Medtronic
- NovaSom
- Orange Group
- Philips Respironics
- Proteus Digital Health
- Qualcomm (News - Alert)
- Roche
- SK Telecom
- Sprint
- St. Jude Medical
- Telefónica
- Verizon (News - Alert) Communications
- Vodafone
- Wireless-Life Sciences Alliance
- Zenicor
For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/bdcqs8/mhealth_and_home
Source (News - Alert): Berg Insight AB

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