The document discusses trends in consumer health technology, including growing interest in self-tracking of health data using wearable devices and apps. People want to know more about their health and take a more active role in treatment. The market for health tracking devices and apps is large and growing. Recommendations are made for a healthcare client to leverage these trends, such as by accessing patient data from trackers, offering health tech services, and prioritizing patients who can provide their data digitally.

1. The Future of Consumer
Health Technology
By Jagrat Desai

2. People want to know, learn, track and own information
about their own health.They want to learn what they can
do with this information and how it can be implemented in
their daily life.
Hypothesis

3. http://www.quantcast.com/webmd.com
WebMD attracts 16, 188, 098 visitors each month
People want to take care and treat themselves on their
own.They believe that the information they need is now
available to them.
Trend Forces

4. http://www.forbes.com/sites/danmunro/2012/12/23/top-ten-healthcare-quotes-for-2012-2/
-Vinod Khosla, co-founder of Sun Microsystems
“Doctors can be replaced by software – 80% of them can. I’d
much rather have a good machine learning system diagnose my
disease than the median or average doctor.”
- John Sculley, Former CEO of Apple and PepsiCo
“Digital Health feels like the PC industry in the early 1980s.”
Quotes

5. People want to know, track and
own information about their health
and well-being on their own
http://mobihealthnews.com/14884/by-2016-400m-market-for-health-fitness-apps/
Trend Forces
http://8bitfit.com/digital-activity-track-
ing-statistics/
75% of US adults own a

6. http://www.forbes.com/sites/danmunro/2012/12/23/top-ten-healthcare-quotes-for-2012-2/
-Tim Cook, CEO of Apple
over the place right now.With the arc of time, it will
become clearer.”
Quote

7. http://newhope360.com/site-files/newhope360.com/files/uploads/US_Nutrition_Sales_Growth_Web.pnghttp://mobihealthnews.com/14884/by-2016-400m-market-for-health-fitness-apps/
Culture has continually become
more and more conscious about
health and nutrition.
Trend Forces

8. Consumer HealthTechnologyTrends

9. Wrist bands and other wearables that track movement,
sleep etc. Each have an accompanying app.
Codes :Sporty,Quantify-able, Fashionable
Fitbit | Jawbone | Fuel Band (97% of market)
“wearable wireless devices in sports and healthcare will grow to 169.5 million devices
in 2017, up from 20.77 million in 2011, aCAGR of 41%”
https://www.abiresearch.com/press/wearable-sports-and-fitness-devices-will-hit-90-mi

10. There is an entire category dedicated to Health & Fitness
apps on theAppleAppStore &Google PlayStore.
Health & Fitness Category Apps
“Sports, Health and FitnessApp use grew 49% in 2013.”
http://blog.flurry.com/bid/103601/Mobile-Use-Grows-115-in-2013-Propelled-by-Messaging-Apps
http://onworld.com/news/mobile-sensing-health-wellness.html

11. Growth of blood pressure monitors
“The blood pressure monitor market is growing at a rate of 6.53%”
http://www.resperate.com/science-research/demand-growing-for-blood-pressure-monitors
and need to keep track of their blood pressure”
http://onworld.com/news/mobile-sensing-health-wellness.html

12. Growth of glucose monitors
“Glucose Monitoring Market Expected to ReachUSD 0.91 Billion in 2019”
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2014/03/prweb11662579.htm

13. Glucose Monitor Market

14. Strong health oriented wearable tech trends

15. users and makers of self-tracking tools.

16. - the number of people using apps on their
phones to track health increased from 9% in
2011 to 11% in 2012.
This subculture has been covered by :
http://techcrunch.com/2012/03/31/quantified-self-so-what/
http://live.wsj.com/video/david-cohen-and-radiate-talk-quantified-self/B3182FC7-D788-4A7F-A171-E0BEEDE7AE07.html#!B3182FC7-D788-4A7F-A171-E0BEEDE7AE07
http://www.economist.com/node/21548493

17. Tracking &Owning : People want to track information about their health, on
their own and learn things about themselves.
Quantifying &Ananlyzing
all data points to huge growth in healthcare tracking technology - especially
wearable
Self-treatment : People want to be able to cure themselves, using all the
information available online and the information they’ve collected.
Renascence of useful technology:There is a growing fatigue in culture about
status updates and the like - not having enough of an impact / value.Thus
Privacy :The health market will demand privacy since it’s about private health.
Culture will welcome individuals owning information rather than companies.
Key Insights & Analysis

18. MeetCityMD.A healthcare facility based in NewYorkCity with a
focus on urgent care.
“CityMDUrgentCare values convenience, quality of service, and
medical records and electronic pharmaceutical transactions ...”
Client

19. Relevance to consumer health technology :
-Could get access to consumer vitals.
- Minimizes need for paperwork in services, since most data is digital.
- Minimizes time spent in analyzing data since it is alraedy analyzed by the tracker/tech.
City MD

20. CityMD is focused on “convenience, quality of service, and
superior medical care.”The following are programs,
services thatCity MD could start/integrate into their
services :
- Emergency preperation
The patient’s tracking device can alertCity MD of an emergency and give his/her location,
so thatCity MD can be prepared before the patient arrives.
- Renting out and tutoring of wearable health tech
patients how to use this equipment. Renting will be useful to patients who are temporarily ill
early discharge, sinceCityMD can keep a track even after the patient leaves the hospital.
Since one of the priorities ofCityMD is “convenience”, a service could entail seperate
queue for patients with all their data ready.
Recommendations to Client