Health data explosion via wearables

Technology advancements are touching every aspect of health care, including solving the cost challenge, improving care delivery and patient experience, collectively providing whole person care. The advent and rise in the usage of connected wearables and medical devices has increased manifold the amount of health care data being generated, which will continue to grow through 2025. As a result, big data and predictive analytics are expected to play an even bigger role in health care, specifically in the field of disease forecasting, clinical decision support and personalized medicine.