REPORT DESCRIPTION
mHealth Market – Overview
mHealth stands for mobile health is the sub segment of eHealth that deals with the medicinal practice in
favor of public health care, supported by mobile devices. The term mHealth is used to refer the use of
mobile communication devices such as mobile phones, electronic tablets, PDAs and also comprises of
wearable devices such as a smart watch for data collection and information about health care services.
mHealth is applicable in wide areas, ranging from collection of community and clinical health data and
delivery of healthcare information to medical personnel to real time monitoring of the patient by provision
of direct care. In developed countries the patients and consumers extensively use mobile gadgets to search
for healthcare services and access various kinds of healthcare information.