Mobile Health in the Pharmaceutical Industry

April 6, 2012

The structure of how healthcare is delivered varies greatly between countries, depending on the financing arrangements and national primary healthcare concerns. However, the basic components and stakeholders are broadly similar, as are global concerns of containing spiralling healthcare costs and improving and optimising access to care and services. This overview examines the extent to which mobile applications can support the pharmaceutical sector. It will examine why these applications have largely not been driven by the mobile industry, and identifies the potential role for MNOs if they want to take on a larger portion of this sector.

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