Wearables open new opportunities for Americans to address chronic conditions and health problems that currently affect so many people and degrade their quality of life. Out of 315 million Americans, about two-thirds are overweight. About 26 million Americans suffer from type I or II diabetes; almost 14 million have severe chronic respiratory problems such as […]
Tech-Savvy Seniors Want Online Options to Access Care from Home
Identifies five digital technology applications as key to managing healthcare by Jenn Francis, Accenture Health Just as an estimated 3.9 million Americans are reaching 65 years old this year1, an Accenture survey shows there is growing demand among tech-savvy seniors (67 percent) who want to access healthcare services from home, but the majority (66 percent) are […]
Global wearables market to grow at 21.3% through 2020
Monitoring and diagnostic devices are projected to drive the global wearable medical devices market at a 21.3 percent annual growth rate through 2020. The wearables market is expanding rapidly through the proliferation of smart devices and apps, but monitoring and diagnostic devices are still the vast majority of sales — 78 percent in 2014, according […]