|Articles|February 18, 2016

What are YOU Wearing Today? The Present & Future of Wearable Health Devices

Author(s)DIA

What are YOU Wearing Today: The Present & Future of Wearable Health Devices

Today, one in five Americans owns some type of wearable technology, while experts estimate that the annual smart-wearable health care market volume will grow from $2 billion in 2014 to $41 billion in 2020 (a compound annual growth rate of 65 percent!). Discover how this new technology and the incredible amounts of data it will generate promise to transform the health care continuum. 


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