Mobile Healthcare: New Technology for a Healthy Lifestyle

Phoenix, AZ - April 16th, 2013 One of the problems facing the healthcare industry today is the constant struggle to proactively engage consumers into monitoring and managing their own health before acute or chronic illness sets in.

The solution can be found within the semiconductor industry. Specifically, MEMS, wireless, and cloud services are enabling a healthcare revolution where consumer medical devices will increase from 49.6 million units in 2013 to 271 million units in 2017, a CAGR of 45%.

This is one of the newest markets the semiconductor industry will drive to bring more innovative and desired appcessories to the market.

If you're looking to find new growth markets that complement smartphones and tablets, look to Semico's most recent report titled Mobile Healthcare: New Technology for a Healthy Lifestyle. It examines current healthcare trends and the market segments that are utilizing cost-effective MEMS and mobile technologies.

This report looks at a variety of mobile healthcare markets including mental health, clothing, fertility, fitness, sports, chronic care management, helmets, and safety alerts.

There are over 110 figures and tables included in this 104-page report.

Some of the companies discussed include: Omek, Movea, Apple, Neurowear, Imec, AiQ Smart Clothing, Textronics, Heapsylon, Electric Foxy, Moticon, Nuubo, Cambridge Temperature Concepts, Misfit Shine, Amiigo, Basis, Finis, Fitbit, Jawbone, Google, ValenCell, Withings, O-Synce, adidas, Nike, Under Armour, 4iiii Innovations Inc, Impire, Omegawave, Cellnovo, Dexcom iBGStar, AliveCor, iRhythm, Wahoo Fitness, Mio Alpha, ICEdot, The Prevention Plan, 9Solutions IPCS, Analog Devices, BodyMedia, Bosch, Cactus Semiconductor, Danfoss PolyPower A/S, Freescale, InvenSense, Maxim Integrated Products, MEAS Switzerland, Metria, Plessey Semiconductor, Qualcomm, Polar, STMicroelectronics, Texas Instruments, AdvaMed, ZigBee Alliance, Continua Health Alliance, ANT+ Alliance.

For More information, contact Rick Vogelei.
Phone: (480) 435 - 8564
Email: rickv@semico.com

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