Data analytics platform targets wearable healthcare
According to the company, wearable sports and activity trackers will become a $1.4 billion industry in less than two years, producing a massive amount of user activity data along the way. A huge opportunity exists for leveraging this data to create meaningful healthcare decisions.
Vivametrica’s device-agnostic platform delivers a standardized approach to data collection and management, bridging the gap between wearable fitness applications and actionable health data by improving personal wellness metrics. To do this the company’s approach delivers accurate, credible and personalized assessments that can be used to determine individual risk for chronic conditions such as heart disease, diabetes and back pain. Additionally, the platform provides personalized health targets and goals based on objective data collection.
Further, platform caters for research-based analytics. Created by physicians and researchers, Vivametrica’s analysis is based on years of comprehensive clinical findings in the fields of physical activity, rehabilitation and medicine.
Dr. Richard Hu, founder and CEO of Vivametrica, said: "When the wearable device market took off, the need to put all this data to good use became apparent. Our team of doctors and researchers has spent years tracking the important relationship between activity and health. This specialized insight into the healthcare industry has given us a unique opportunity to make this valuable information available to the audiences we think will benefit most. Our goal in pioneering a standardized platform is to create a new approach to healthcare by bringing data together in a meaningful and actionable way."