ICT&health July 17, 2023
The adoption of digital health technologies, including apps and wearables, has gained momentum that forces politicians to embrace them in the healthcare systems – according to Dr. Alexander Schachinger, CEO of EPatient Analytics, a digital health market monitoring company.
How has the use of wearables and health/fitness/wellness apps by individuals over the past three years?
The COVID-19 pandemic was an unusually high driver for the use of smartwatches. The market grew in Germany from 4 percent pre-pandemic to 17 percent post-pandemic. Concerning a usually organic slow-growth diffusion – this is an explosion. Trackers are a bit less spread – around 10–12 percent of society uses them, and the same level of adoption refers to health apps. The growth of health...
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