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Three-Quarters Of Patients Would Use Health Tracker

The fitness tracker sector is estimated to triple from $2 billion in 2014 to $5.4 billion by 2019, according to Parks Associates, a market research and consulting firm specializing in emerging consumer technology products and services. Its research data also found adoption of connected health devices jumped from 24 percent of U.S. households in early 2013 to 30 percent by the end of 2014.

From the article "Three-Quarters Of Patients Would Use Health Tracker" by Christine Kern.

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