Wearable technology in the healthcare industry
                     Wearable technology in the healthcare industry
INTRODUCTION
This growing demand for wearables has 
generated a booming market, and now 
insurers and companies are seeing how 
supplying wearable health technology to 
their consumers and employees is beneficial. 
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What is wearable 
healthcare 
technology?
Wearable technology in healthcare includes 
electronic devices that consumers can wear, 
like Fitbits and smartwatches, and are 
designed to collect the data of users’ 
personal health and exercise. 
These devices can even send a user’s health 
information to a doctor or other healthcare 
professional in real time. 
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Wearable Fitness 
Trackers
Some of the simplest and most original forms 
of wearable technology, wearable fitness 
trackers, are wristbands equipped with 
sensors to keep track of the user’s physical 
activity and heart rate. 
They provide wearers with health and fitness 
recommendations by syncing to various 
smartphone apps.
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Smart Health Watches
Once only used to count steps and tell time, 
smartwatches have now transformed into 
clinically viable healthcare tools. 
Apple launched the Apple Heart Study app in 
2017 to monitor users’ heart rhythms and 
alert those who are experiencing atrial 
fibrillation.
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Wearable ECG 
Monitors
Wearable ECG monitors are on the cutting 
edge of consumer electronics, and what sets 
these monitors apart from some 
smartwatches, is their ability to measure 
electrocardiograms, or ECGs. 
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Wearable Blood 
Pressure Monitors
Omron Healthcare launched HeartGuide in 
2019, the first wearable blood pressure 
monitor. 
Though it might look like a typical 
smartwatch, HeartGuide is an oscillometric 
blood pressure monitor that can measure 
blood pressure and daily activity – like steps 
taken, distance traveled, and calories 
burned. 
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Biosensors
Biosensors are up and coming wearable 
medical devices that are radically different 
from wrist trackers and smartwatches. 
The Philips’ wearable biosensor is a self-
adhesive patch that allows patients to move 
around while collecting data on their 
movement, heart rate, respiratory rate, and 
temperature. 
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Advances in & future 
of medical devices 
The wearable healthcare technology market 
is surging, and its maturation will put more 
wearable technology in the hands of 
consumers and US businesses. 
According to Insider Intelligence research, 
the number of health and fitness app users 
will stay above 84 million through 2022. 
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Trend in medical 
devices 
This upward trend in wearable fitness 
technology will influence the decision of 
insurers, health providers, and companies to 
take advantage of the benefits of wearable 
health monitoring devices. 
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