Self-Care: Enabling Technologies and Growth Opportunities

Self-Care: Enabling Technologies and Growth Opportunities


Healthcare and Information Technology Industry Convergence to Fuel Self-care Innovations


Self-care is a proactive and customized practice to establish and maintain an individual’s holistic health and wellness, as well as a key enabler in preventing and managing diseases. Self-care encompasses physical, mental, emotional, social, and environmental approaches to enhance an individual’s well-being. Self-care practices and interventions can empower people and communities with the agency to maintain and enhance their health and prevent and manage illnesses. Self-care can often be complemented with products and services from professional healthcare providers, such as physicians, nurses, and healthcare centers, as needed, to improve the well-being of the end user. Self-care will not replace global healthcare systems or practices but will help enhance existing systems to achieve UHC.

Frost & Sullivan’s ‘Self-Care: Enabling Technologies and Growth Opportunities’ comprises an analysis of physical self-care technologies and growth opportunities. It also provides actionable insights into the patent landscape across each physical self-care segment.

Key Points Discussed
What is self-care, and what are the key technology segments within self-care?
What are the key technology trends and growth opportunities within the global physical self-care industry?
Who are the leading patent owners and/or applicants within each self-care segment?
Who are the leading innovators within each self-care segment?
What are the key growth opportunities within the global physical self-care sector?


  • Strategic Imperatives
    • Why Is It Increasingly Difficult to Grow?
    • The Strategic Imperative 8
    • The Impact of the Top 3 Strategic Imperatives on the Self-care Industry
    • Growth Opportunities Fuel the Growth Pipeline Engine
    • Research Methodology
  • Growth Opportunity Analysis
    • Introduction to Self-care
    • Segmentation
    • Scope of Analysis
    • Overview of Self-care Technologies, Enablers, and Applications
    • Growth Drivers
    • Growth Restraints
  • Diet, Nutrition, and Immunity
    • Factors Influencing Immunity
    • Gut Microbiome Technologies Enhancing Immunity
    • Patent Analytics for Gut Microbiome in Immune Health
    • Snapshot of Gut Microbiome Innovations for Immune Health
    • Overview of Next-generation Diet and Nutrition Technologies
    • Overview of the Patent Landscape for Diet and Nutrition Technologies
    • Snapshot of Diet and Nutritional Innovations for Wellness
    • Patent Trends: Takeaways for Diet, Nutrition, and Immunity
  • Self-care Devices
    • Technological Segmentation of Self-care Devices
    • Overview of Sleep Monitoring Self-care Technologies
    • Overview of Exercise Monitoring Self-care Technologies
    • Overview of Physiological Self-care Devices
    • Patent Analytics for Sleep and Exercise Self-care
    • Patent Analytics for Physiological Self-care Devices
    • Snapshot of Innovations in Self-care Devices
    • Patent Trends: Takeaways for Self-monitoring Devices
  • OTC Medicines
    • Technological Segmentation of Global OTC Medicines
    • Patent Analytics for Cold, Cough, and Allergy OTC Medicines
    • Patent Analytics for OTC Analgesics and Antipyretics
    • Patent Analytics for OTC Gastrointestinal Medicines
    • Patent Analytics for OTC Dermatological Medicines
    • Patent Analytics for Hand Sanitizers
    • Snapshot of OTC Innovations
    • OTC Medicine Patents: Takeaways
  • Skin, Hair, and Oral Care
    • Emerging Trends in Topical Skin Care Technologies
    • Overview of Topical Hair Care Technologies and Trends
    • Overview of Oral Care Technologies and Trends
    • Patent Analytics for Skin, Hair, and Oral Care
    • Snapshot of Skin, Hair, and Oral Care Innovations
    • Skin, Hair, and Oral Care Patents: Takeaways
  • The Road Ahead for Physical Self-care
    • Overview of the R&D and Emerging Technology Landscape
    • Overview of the Emerging Product and Services Landscape
    • Path to Industry Commercialization and Consumer Care
    • Important Emerging Business Models for Physical Self-care
  • Growth Opportunity Universe
    • Growth Opportunity 1: Postbiotics
    • Growth Opportunity 2: Connected Diet Care
    • Growth Opportunity 3: Digital OTC Therapy
    • Growth Opportunity 4: AI-powered Precision Skin, Hair, and Oral Care
  • Next Steps
    • Your Next Steps
    • Why Frost, Why Now?

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