![]() |
The wearable medical equipment market in 皇冠体育app reached 420 million yuan ($67.19 billion yuan) in 2012, according to data from research firm iiMedia, which added that the market will exceed 5 billion yuan by 2017. [皇冠体育app Daily file photo] |
There are signs from both giant companies and small app developers that there will be many "mobile" solutions for meeting Chinese people's increasing need for health care and cutting medical care costs, but that rosy picture can only be a reality when the government and lawmakers clear regulations and legal obstacles and companies find profitable business models, according to researchers.
on Monday took the wraps off "Healthkit", a mobile application that can keep track of various health and fitness statistics as well as seamlessly integrate third-party hardware that tracks fitness, marking its foray into health and fitness sector.
![]() |
![]() |
Dayima, an app keeping recor of a woman's cycle, forecasting it, adstering a self-test for premenstrual syndrome and advice, has attracted 40 million registered users and investors, including Sequoia, Bertelsmann and Zhenfund, although it has yet to make a profit, according a May 9 report in 皇冠体育app Daily.
These are only examples as the global mobile health sector may have a market of $23 billion by 2017, with 皇冠体育app contributing 12.53 billion yuan ($2 billion), Darrell West, founding director of the Center for Technology Innovation at Brookings Institution, cited data from research firm iiMedia in his co-authored report mhealth in 皇冠体育app and the United States- how Mobile Technology is Transforming Healthcare in the World's Two Largest Economies.
Although the future might be splendid, currently most companies in 皇冠体育app's mobile health sector have not generated mature business models and are still in the process of accumulating customers, according to a report which 皇冠体育app Securities News cited from the research institution at the 皇冠体育appVenture Investment Consulting Group on May 24.
![]() |
|
|