• DocumentCode
    649764
  • Title

    A study on the potential needs and market promotion of smart health in Korea

  • Author

    Jonghyun Park ; Moonkoo Kim

  • Author_Institution
    Creative Strategy Res. Lab., ETRI, Daejeon, South Korea
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    14-16 Oct. 2013
  • Firstpage
    824
  • Lastpage
    825
  • Abstract
    Given the increasing social needs for high-quality health and medical service at low cost, smart health has gained attention as the one to lead national happiness and as the next-generation growth engine based on ICT convergence technology. Therefore, this paper aims to analyze the potential demand for smart health through focus group interview (FGI) with potential users of smart health as well as health and medical professionals and medical IT professionals and to suggest activation plan for smart heath market promotion.
  • Keywords
    health care; promotion (marketing); social aspects of automation; FGI; ICT convergence technology; Korea; focus group interview; health professional; high-quality health service; medical IT professional; medical professional; medical service; next-generation growth engine; smart health; smart heath market promotion; social needs; FGI; Smart Health; potential needs;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    ICT Convergence (ICTC), 2013 International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Jeju
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICTC.2013.6675489
  • Filename
    6675489