More than half a billion smartphone users are expected to be using mobile health apps this year |
by Lisa Weeks, Marketing Communications Specialist, MasterControl
Mobile health, or mHealth, has gained significant momentum over the past couple of years, and it will continue to influence product development in 2015. Millennials raised on technology are providing device makers with the unprecedented opportunity to sell directly to consumers in the form of wearable devices and mobile health applications that allow patients and physicians to interact clinically from different locations. The popularity of mHealth tools has been fueled by the growth of the smartphone industry.
Editor’s Note: This post is an excerpt from the white paper “Five Trends Transforming the Medical Device Industry in 2015.”
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