Mobile Health Market Stimulating Growth of Connected Devices In Asia

According to "Mobile Health - Enabling Healthcare," a study released recently by the GSM Association (GSMA) and PricewaterhouseCoopers, the Asia Pacific mobile health market will grow to almost US$7 billion by 2017 and such growth is stimulating demand for connected devices.

The report says China will have the biggest mobile health market in 2017, driven by growth in monitoring and diagnosis services that will facilitate the delivery of effective healthcare to a widely spread population who have poor health access. This growth is expected to create a market opportunity of US$2.4 billion in China.

The next largest markets are Japan (US$1.3 billion) and India (US$540 million). In Japan, health monitoring services represent the biggest opportunity because of the large elderly population. In India, diagnostics will create the biggest opportunity on account of the large rural population.

Source: Electronic Technology