Gartner Ranks .... Mobile Health Monitoring ... #5 in 2012 Top 10 Trends List

[CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight]

Colleagues,

As reported in Healthcare IT News ... Mobile health monitoring is among the top 10 consumer mobile applications for 2012 identified by Gartner as likely to have an impact on consumers and industry players.

Gartner analysts considered revenue, loyalty, business model, consumer value and estimated market penetration in developing their list. Mobile health monitoring was listed at No. 5.

... The Top 10 List includes:

#1 Mobile Money transfer

#2 Mobile Location-Based Services

#3 Mobile Browsing

#4 Mobile Search

#5 Mobile Health Monitoring

#6 Mobile Payment

#7 Near-Field Communication S

# 8 Mobile Advertising

# 9 Mobile Instant Messaging

# 10 Mobile Music

"Mobile health monitoring is the use of IT and mobile telecommunications to monitor patients remotely, and could help governments, care delivery organizations and healthcare payers reduce costs related to chronic diseases and improve the quality of life of their patients," the Gartner report notes. "In developing markets, the mobility aspect is key as mobile network coverage is superior to fixed network in the majority of developing countries."

According to Gartner, mobile health monitoring is at an early stage of market maturity and implementation, with rollouts so far limited to pilot projects. Analysts expect the industry to monetize the service by offering mobile healthcare monitoring products, services and solutions to care delivery organizations.


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CC