{"id":27292,"date":"2016-02-17T17:20:35","date_gmt":"2016-02-17T16:20:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.silvereco.org\/en\/?p=27292"},"modified":"2026-01-22T13:50:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T12:50:07","slug":"mhealth-information-services-to-reach-more-than-150m-users-by-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silvereco.org\/en\/mhealth-information-services-to-reach-more-than-150m-users-by-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"MHealth Information Services to reach more than 150M users by 2020 \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

A recent study from Juniper Research\u00a0 estimated that the number of individuals using mHealth information services market will exceed 157 million users by 2020, more than tripling the 50 million for last year.\u00a0The new research,\u00a0Worldwide Digital Health: Developed and Emerging Market Opportunities 2016-2020<\/em><\/a>, forecasts that the adoption of mHealth information services will significantly increase as service providers roll out initiatives to tackle issues such as infant mortality and infectious diseases. SMS, Apps and IVR (Interactive Voice Response) services are providing vital information to those who cannot access general healthcare services.
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\"mTechnology Bridging the Healthcare Gap<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The research highlighted initiatives such as the\u00a0MOTECH Foundation, which<\/em>\u00a0aims to implement preventative healthcare by educating the population on issues such as sexual health and pregnancy. Juniper found that limited access to connected devices and low literacy rates had resulted in many mHealth services being offered through contact centres.<\/p>\n

The research found that several organisations had adopted a crowdsourcing approach to develop solutions to address the challenges of engaging with and delivering information to end users. It cited Unicef\u2019s Wearables for Good competition as a case in point, which resulted in\u00a0Khushi Baby<\/em>, a wearable device containing an individual\u2019s health information. The research also argued that open source platforms such as Mobile Medic will act a game-changer for emerging markets over the coming years as healthcare workers seek more effective means of service provision in remote areas.<\/p>\n

Barriers to Deployment<\/strong><\/h2>\n

However, Juniper claimed that growth would be markedly higher than anticipated were it not for the significant commercial barriers to deployment in most markets. It pointed out that many current offerings were exclusively donor-funded, and that only a few services \u2013 such as Wazazi Nipendeni in Tanzania were based on sustainable business models.\u201d<\/p>\n

The whitepaper,\u00a0\u2018Diagnosing Digital Health\u2019<\/em>,\u00a0<\/em>is now available to download from the Juniper website together with further details of the full\u00a0research.<\/p>\n

Juniper Research provides research and analytical services to the global hi-tech communications sector, providing consultancy, analyst reports and industry commentary.<\/p>\n

Source: press release<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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