Number Of Remotely Monitored Patients Reaches 5 Million Worldwide In 2015

In 2015, about 4.9 million people worldwide were enrolled in mobile remote health monitoring programs that used  connected medical devices. This is an increase of 63% from the end of 2013, when about three million people worldwide were using a connected home medical monitoring device. These estimates are only for medically prescribed connected home medical monitoring devices, and exclude connected medical devices used for various forms of personal health tracking.

For 2015, the value of the worldwide remote medical monitoring market is projected at $6.7 billion (€ 6.2 billion) in 2015. The market value is expected reach $27 . . .