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The government announced the expansion of R&D support related to healthcare technology in the Information and Communication Broadcasting Technology Development Project in 2022 to promote national health. Through this study, we design a roadmap for developing healthcare-related technologies at a policy level. As a result of previous research, there were technical and policy approaches, but no economic approach. In this study, the classification criteria for healthcare products were divided into four stages: prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and aftercare. A development roadmap was derived through IPA to find technologies to be developed sequentially according to the economic feasibility of the product line at each stage. As a result, the first product group that needed to be developed quickly was aftercare service devices. The products include wearable health monitoring (Apple Watch Series), AI-based health prediction platform (IBM Watson Health), and personalized nutritional supplements (personalized protein supplements). Second, diagnostic devices are a product group that is economically ineffective because its technology is still in the mature stage. The products include wearable fitness trackers (Bluetooth smartwatches) and smart healthcare devices (smart blood pressure monitors). Finally, the technology that is not economically effective even if newly developed is preventive devices. The product is a smart exercise device (indoor bike). The treatment devices include a mental health monitoring app or chatbot (Woebot), and a smart nutrition management app (MyFitnessPal).