Digital health - Statistics & Facts

Today, digital health already is a cornerstone of developed health systems all over the world. The definition of the term is, however, broadly conceived. Related terms such as mHealth, telehealth, health informatics, or especially eHealth, are often used as synonyms. Without question, digital health uses (latest) information and communication technologies to develop a faster, more efficient and cost-reducing healthcare practice. Since the health reform (Affordable Care Act or “Obamacare”) was aiming at more efficiency, it was widely considered as a driver for digital health solutions in the United States. But many people still have no real idea what terms like digital health, e-health or mHealth encompass.

Growth and innovation

The global digital health market was valued at over 330 billion U.S. dollars in 2022. According to recent forecasts, this figure is expected to exceed 650 billion dollars by 2025. Mobile health and wireless health are projected to be among the leading drivers of this growth. Digital health is also a basin for new investments, primarily in startups. Invested funding increased rapidly from 1.1 billion U.S. dollars in 2010 to nearly 22 billion in 2020. As expected, the United States is a leader in the digital health industry. The metro areas of San Francisco (Bay Area), New York City, and Los Angeles are major epicenters of this sector.

E-health perhaps the most established

The growth of the adoption of eHealth solutions can be seen, for example, in the use of electric medical record/electric health record (EMR/EHR) systems among physicians. While the share of office-based U.S. doctors using such systems was around 18 percent in 2001, the uptake stood at some 88 percent in 2021. By 2027, the market value of EHRs were forecast to reach 47.2 billion U.S. dollars, up from 29 billion U.S. dollars in 2020.

Boosted by pandemic experiences

Telehealth and telemedicine are also predicted to be of increasing importance in the near future. The global market size for telemedicine is projected to increase from around 50 billion U.S. dollars in 2019 up to nearly 280 billion dollars by 2025. The acceptance and adoption rate of telemedicine services among Americans shows a stable increase over the last five years. However, especially virtual visits, most often in the form of live video consults between patients and physicians, received a massive breakthrough in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. The need for social distancing and avoiding contact with other patients make it a very effective alternative for most non-emergent visits.

Impossible without several premises

The rapid spread of internet usage and fast internet connections, mobile devices and networks, social networking, etc. were essential preconditions for the rise of digital health. Data transfer and information exchange in real-time is a great benefit for both physicians and patients. Still, many patients don’t trust the exchange of health data due to concerns about cyber-security. On the other hand, patients can access an inexhaustible amount of health information via the internet.

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Leading key factor influencing the global mobile health market: Prevalence of smartphones and tablets

Number of mHealth apps available in the Apple App Store in Q3 2022: 41,517

Main user group targeted by global mobile health app publishers: Chronically ill people

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Investor funding in digital health industry 2010-2022
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Top funded global digital health categories 2021
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Premium Statistic Investments in most active U.S. metro area in digital health industry 2022
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U.S. metro areas most active in digital health based on invested funding in 2022 (in million U.S. dollars)
Basic Statistic Investment deal count in most active US metro area in digital health 2022
Investment deal count in most active US metro area in digital health 2022
Number of digital health deals in U.S. metro areas most active based on invested funding in 2022
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Investments in most active global metro areas in digital health outside the U.S. 2022
Metro areas outside of the U.S. most active in digital health based on invested funding in 2022 (in million U.S. dollars)
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Satisfaction of digital health technology users in the U.S. in 2021, by activity
Share of satisfaction with digital health tools in the United States as 2021, by type of activity
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mHealth

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Most downloaded health and fitness apps worldwide 2022
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Leading Android health apps worldwide 2023, by downloads
Leading health and fitness apps in the Google Play Store worldwide in June 2023, by number of downloads (in millions)
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Telemedicine/telehealth

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Distribution of telehealth use among physicians before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States as of 2021
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Share of leading benefits of using telehealth/telemedicine according to patients in the U.S. in 2021
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Physicians' views on improvements to telehealth in the United States 2021
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EHR/EMR

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Artificial intelligence

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