Forbes May 2, 2019
Alexandro Pando

One in six consumers owns and use a wearable device. If there’s a tale that statistic tells, aside from that of spiking consumer interest in personal health, it’s the fact that far from the early days when it was more of a niche technology, wearable tech is now making a bold and dramatic entrance into the health care sector.

As the distinction between wearable tech — everything from smartwatches to fitness bands — and actual medical technology wanes thinner, the former continues to establish itself as an indispensable consumer asset. But it’s not just consumers who are leaning in and setting up to exploit the many benefits ensnared in the wearable tech sector. Businesses and startups are as well.

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Topics: Digital Health, Patient / Consumer, Provider, Technology, Wearables
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