electronic sensor tattoosable to monitor skin hydration,

temperature and any electric signals from muscle and brain activity

smart contact lensesable to measure glucose levels in tears

wearable pain relief patchable to manage and track pain

smart fitness bandsable to measure a range of

activities from paces walked to hours slept

smart watchesable to monitor heart rate and all-day calorie burnt, to read pulse,...

smart socksable to coach users on their running techniques in real time and to monitor heart rate

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2019: $5.8 billion expected

2012: $2 billion

2014: $2.7billion expectedfor 10 million devices

2016:100 million devices

wearable tech boom in healthcare

physicians want patients to monitor health parameters at home

88%

British & American citizens is willing to use wearable health tech that shares personal data with healthcare providers

1 in 3

of Brit and American wearable tech users felt more informed

61%

of wearable tech users in America felt more believe it has enhanced their lives

82%

fitness and medical wearables accounted for

60%of the wearables market in 2013

In 2012, the FDA approved a sensor pill that monitors data in the body to make sure medication is taken properly.

patients and healthprofessionals involvement

potential cost savings of using biometric devices to monitor patients with serious conditions

88%

challenges to overcomeWearables tech will transform the healthcare experience from the time you walk into a hospital until you return home continually transmitting health data to your doctor virtually. But for the system to be efficient, challenges are still to overcome.

The marketplace is awash in wearable medical technology, but these devices won’t really help doctors treat their patients until we figure out how to make all that data easy to access for them through their own medical apps.

make data available

enhance securityAs technology advances

come the need to deal with privacy and data security

risks especially when data starts being sent to a

medical provider.

As these wearables proliferate, a great deal of data will be genera-ted. This opportunity must be managed with careful data analysis and algorithms in order to provide physicians with the right and meaningful information they need.

make data meaningful

Interoperability will be another consideration as the number of

disparate systems that will contain these data sources – whether part

of other health care providers or commercially available systems or

even from devices that individual patients may purchase on their own.

enhance interoperability

The next big revolution in healthcare will not go in your pocket or sit on your desk. You will be wearing it.

sources: IMS research, MeMD, ABI Research, Deloitte, Rackspace