MOBILE

Mobile health era coming, challenges ahead

There are signs from both giant companies and small app developers that there will be many "mobile" solutions for meeting Chinese people's increasing need for health care and cutting medical care costs, but that rosy picture can only be a reality when the government and lawmakers clear regulations and legal obstacles and companies find profitable business models, according to researchers.

Apple Inc on Monday took the wraps off "Healthkit", a mobile application that can keep track of various health and fitness statistics as well as seamlessly integrate third-party hardware that tracks fitness, marking its foray into health and fitness sector.