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GSMA Unveils mHealth Report

May 22, 2013 |
HONG KONG -- The GSMA today unveiled research that demonstrates the socio-economic transformation that mHealth adoption will have in Latin America, with findings indicating that more than 40 million additional patients could be treated in Brazil and Mexico alone in 2017 through the use of mHealth services. A new GSMA report, developed in collaboration with PwC and released today at HOSPITALAR 2013 inSao Paulo, identified significant benefits of mHealth implementation in Brazil and Mexico in 2017 that will:

Empower poor and chronic patients

  • Extend healthcare to 28.4 million additional patients in Brazil and 15.5 million patients in Mexico in 2017
  • Equip around 16 million citizens to improve their lifestyle and reduce the impact of chronic diseases, prolonging lives

Sustain universal healthcare systems

  • Enhance quality of care and efficiency of care delivery, saving $17.9 billion in costs ($14.1 billion in Brazil and$3.8 billion in Mexico)

  • Create 200,000 jobs to support mHealth deployments across Brazil and Mexico

Improve quality of life

  • Save almost 16,000 lives and add 23,000 life years, as well as save doctors 14.6 million working days through improved prevention, diagnosis and treatment

  • Ensure that citizens constitute a healthier workforce, adding $ 12.9 billion to the GDP of Mexico and Brazil

GSM Association (GSMA)



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