The Journal of mHealth Vol 3 Issue 1 (Feb/Mar 2016) | Page 6

Fundamentals of UX Design for mHealth Apps

Fundamentals of UX Design for
mHealth Apps
By Viktor Bogdanov, Intersog
Estimated at $14 billion in 2015, the
mobile health solutions market is predicted1 to reach $60 billion by 2020. As
part of eHealth agenda, telemedicine is
a rapidly expanding market, the value of
which is expected2 to reach $27.3 billion
in 2016 and $52.3 billion by 2022. Mobile
healthcare apps (mHealth apps) have
become widespread in various branches
of healthcare, especially in the field of
chronic disease management. Top factors of market growth are the increasing use of connected devices like activity
trackers, scales, blood pressure monitors and blood glucose meters; growing
implementation of smart gadgets; and
rapid development of mHealth apps –
especially apps for primary care and hospital management. Widespread adoption