Mhealth apps are not always tremendously popular

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Although the category is enjoyed by millions, more than half of its apps are barely noticed. A new report has now been released by the IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics that has revealed that as much as mhealth apps are very popular and the categories at app stores are rapidly growing, more than 50 percent of those available are downloaded only 500 times or fewer. There were a number of different types of insight that were revealed by this research. Within this research, all of the apps from the iTunes…

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Mhealth report predicts 70 percent annual growth of sensor market

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That said, while there is massive potential there, adoption is currently at a slow rate. A recent report has revealed that the sensor market for mhealth will experience an annual increase of 70 percent, but at the same time, the results of a physician survey are revealing that there aren’t many people who are actually using these apps. Though there is a tremendous amount of potential for growth in mobile health, consumers aren’t biting yet. Though some in the industry believe that the Pew physician survey may underestimate the amount…

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