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DIGITAL HEALTH: STATISTICS & TRENDS IN OVERVIEW1

1 Based on: ‘Digital Health – Statistics & Health’ by Statista

1Digital health: Statistics & Facts

According to Statista, from 2015 to 2020, the mobile health market’s compound annual growth rate is projected to be around 41 percent. The global digital healthcare market is expected to reach over 200 billion U.S. dollars by 2020.

Mobile health and wireless health are forecasted to be the leading drivers of this growth.

The mobile health segment of the global digital health market is expected to generate the second largest revenue share, reaching 46 billion U.S. dollars in 2020.

The growing popularity of mobile health can be explained by increasing demand of consumers for more accessibility to their medical health professionals, and greater transparency in healthcare.

However, there are some doubts among consumers regarding personal data safety. About 33 percent of female respondents said they were not at all comfortable sharing self-collected digital information, while some 12 percent of male adults responded they were very comfortable with it.

Digital health is becoming an integral part of healthcare systems. mHealth, telehealth, and eHealth are usually used as synonyms. The rapid spread of internet usage and mobile devices is considered as the key precondition for the rise of digital health.

The technology is putting healthcare directly in the hands of consumers. Digital health is expected to deliver precision medicine, i.e. customization of healthcare, with medical decisions, treatments, practices, or products being tailored to the individual patient.

Projected CAGR for the global health market in the period 2015-2020,by major segment

Average

EHR/EMR

Telehealth

Wireless health

Mobile health

21%

4%

15%

23%

41%

The global digital healthcare market1

Mobile health and wireless health as main growth drivers2

2Digital health: Statistics & Facts

Despite the Health Reform (‘Obamacare’) which is considered as a driver for digital health solutions in the U.S., most of Americans still have no clear idea what digital health, e-Health or m-Health really mean.

Public awareness about digital health3

The use of electric medical record/electric health record among physicians can be seen as one of the main factors responsible for the growth of the adoption of eHealth solutions.

EMR/EHR systems adoption4

Comfort in sharing self-collected digital information among U.S. consumers as of 2014, by gender

Percentage of U.S. adults who have ever heard about e-health as of 2017

Very comfortable + comfortable (net)

Very comfortable

Comfortable

Some comfortable / somewhat not comfortable

Not comfortable (net)

Not very comfortable

Not at all comfortable

Don’t know

Yes, I know what e-health is

No, I have not heard of it

30%38%

Male

Female

10%12%

20%26%

19%24%

49%35%

16%12%

33%23%

2%3%

I have heard of it, but I am not sure what it is exactly

9%

32%

59%

In fact, the share of office-based U.S. doctors using EMP/EHR systems was around 18 percent in 2001. In 2015, around 87 percent of physicians reported to have such systems.

3Digital health: Statistics & Facts

Telehealth and telemedicine are also expected to grow in demand. According to forecasts, the number of telehealth patients worldwide will increase to about seven million by 2018.

Telehealth5

Percentage of office-based physicians with EMR/EHR systems in the United States from 2011 to 2015

Projected number of telehealth patinents worldwide from 2013 to 2018 (in millions)

2001 2002 2003 20040%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%Any EMR/EHR system

Basic system

18.2% 17.3% 17.3%20.8%

23.9%

29.2%

34.8%

42%

48.3%51%

57%

71.8%

78.4%

82.8%86.9%

10.5% 11.8%

16.9%

21.8%

27.9%

33.9%

39.6%

48.1%50.5%

53.9%

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

2013 2014

0.35 0.641.16

2.11

3.84

7

2015 2016 2017 2018

4Digital health: Statistics & Facts

Real-time data transfer and information exchange provide both physicians and patients with a range of benefits. However, many patients still have misgivings about cyber-security.

According to a survey, 70 percent of respondents were very concerned about their personal data can being stolen and used by other people.

Concerns about cyber-security6

Internet user attitudes towards personal digital data security as of June 2015

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%

I’m very concerned that my personal data can be stolen and used by other

people

I’m concerned that websites and companies are collecting data about my

activities online

The value of the contents of my digital device (e.g. photos, music, etc.) is worth

far more to me than the devices itself

I’m worried about that someone could watch me on my device’s camera /

webcam without me knowing

I’m worried about government interference with what I do online

I’m worried about my security / privacy being affected by smart devices

I’m concerned there might be some background programs on my devices that

are collecting information about me

The number of threats to my security online is increasing significantly

I’m worried about the data security practices of companies that I have given

my personal / financial information to

66%

70%

65%

61%

54%

53%

53%

49%

47%

44%

41%

23%

Some of the data stored on my device is so sensitive that I wouldn’t want anyone

else to see it

I’m uncomfortable with sharing location information with websites / applications

I don’t believe security software is as essential as implied by companies / it’s

a gimmick

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The presented statistics and facts help to draw the following conclusions. The global digital health market will keep growing driven particularly by the mobile health market. Consumers still have not enough knowledge about the technology. Besides, most of them have concerns on security of their personal data. Hence, the technology will very likely require more time to achieve the wide acceptance.

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