Wearable technology is an industry that continues to grow and
adapt to meet the ever-changing needs of our world. Many health-
and fitness-related technologies have multiple applications and
encourage wearers to be more engaged in their own fitness, help
modify behavior by reminding wearers to exercise or take
medication.
They also provide a platform for patients and healthcare
professionals to share data and collaborate on health strategies.
Indeed, wearable technologies geared towards patient engagement and
helping patients and consumers to stay healthy and fit, have the
potential to support government's ambition to improve the
health of the nation.
The wearable technology market is expected to come into its own
over the next 12 months and become a 'key consumer
technology'. One of the reasons for this is the entry of most
of the major technology vendors into the wearable technology space,
including Google, Microsoft, Apple and Samsung, which is
transforming
