Asia Pacific mHealth market projects a remarkable growth rate, supplemented with the growing awareness of mHealth devices and services that aid in improve the quality of life for patients stricken with lifestyle diseases. The growing prevalence of lifestyle diseases such as diabetes, obesity, hypertension, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), in Asia Pacific region, creates an impending need of technologically advanced platforms for the prevention and treatment of these diseases. According to the National Institute of Health, China and India are the two highest populated nations, with an approximate diabetes count of 150 million patients. Thus, the need for regular health monitoring and treatment would be addressed by launch of smartphone-based medical devices.

The Asia Pacific mHealth market was evaluated at $2.3 billion in 2014, and is expected to register a CAGR of 35.8% during the forecast period (2015 to 2020). This growth is primarily driven by active government initiatives and the rising adoption of smartphones in Asia-pacific region. Presently, the market is witnessing a resurgence due to the increasing disposable incomes and the growing adoption of mobile phones. Moreover, a similar trend is observed in developing countries like India and Indonesia. However, factors such as consumers affordability, access to healthcare services and inaccuracy in results arising from discrepancies in devices would limit the growth of the market.

Themarket is segmented into devices, services, application, stakeholders and geography. Based on device type, the market is segmented into blood glucose meters, BP monitors, pulse oximetry, neurological monitoring devices, apnea and sleep monitors, wearable fitness sensor device & heart rate meters and others. The BP monitors segment holds a dominant share; however, the blood glucose meters segment is estimated to register the fastest growth in the Asia Pacific mHealth devices market. Factors such as incidences of hypertension, sedentary lifestyles, the increasing count of diabetics, supplement the adoption of mHealth devices. Based on services, the market is segmented into diagnosis services, monitoring services, prevention, treatment and wellness & healthcare system strengthening solutions. The monitoring services segment holds a dominant share in the Asia Pacific mHealth services market and would register the highest CAGR throughout the forecast period (2015-2020). Based on stake holders, the market is segmented into mobile operators, device vendors, healthcare providers and application players. Within the segment of stakeholders, mobile operators occupy a dominant share in themarket. The segment of mobile application developers would register the highest CAGR during the forecast period (2015-2020). Based on applications, the industry is segmented into cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, respiratory diseases, neurological diseases and others. The cardiovascular diseases segment holds a dominant share in the Asia Pacific mHealth applications market; however, the diabetes application segment is expected to register the highest CAGR during the forecast period (2015-2020). Based on country, the market is segmented across Australia, China, Japan, India and Rest of Asia Pacific. China accounts for the largest market share, whilst India is the fastest growing region in thismarket.

The key players profiled in this report include - Philips Healthcare, Omron HealthCare, Inc., Bayer Healthcare, LifeWatch AG, Masimo Corporation, Sanofi S.A., Boston Scientific Corporation, AT&T Inc. and Johnson & Johnson.

KEY BENEFITS

The report covers a detailed quantitative analysis of the current market and estimations through 2014-2020, which would enable the stakeholders to capitalize on prevailing market opportunities
Themarket scenario is comprehensively analyzed based on key countries
Key market players are profiled in the report and their strategies are analyzed thoroughly, which helps in understanding the competitive outlook of the market
Extensive analysis of the market is conducted by closely following key product positioning and monitoring the top contenders within the market framework
Comprehensive analysis of factors that drive and restrict the growth of themarket, is provided in the report
Exhaustive analysis of themarket, by device type, helps in understanding the types of devices that are currently being used along with the variants that would gain prominence in future

ASIA PACIFIC mHEALTH MARKET KEY SEGMENTS:

By Devices

Blood glucose meters
BP monitors
Pulse oximetry
Neurological monitoring devices
Apnea and sleep monitors
Wearable fitness sensor device & heart rate meters
Others

By Services

Diagnosis services
Monitoring services
Prevention
Treatment
Wellness and healthcare system strengthening solutions

By Stakeholders

Mobile operators
Device vendors
Healthcare providers
Application players

By Application

Cardiovascular diseases
Diabetes
Respiratory diseases
Neurological diseases
Others

By Country

Australia
China
Japan
India
Rest of Asia-Pacific