Forecast: Global telemedicine market size to exceed $130.5B by 2025
Factors driving this growth include growing telecommunications networks, increase in the number of smartphone users, and integration of healthcare and IT.
IDC: Global wearables market to hit 198.5M units by the end of 2019
The market is expected to reach 279 million units by the end of 2023 with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.9%.
IDC: Global wearables shipments hit 172.2M units
Much of the growth was attributed to the growing number of ear-worn devices as they captured almost a quarter of the market during the year.
IDC: Global shipments of wearables to reach 125.3M units in 2018
Two key factors are contributing to this growth, including the growing popularity of smartwatches and greater wearables adoption in emerging markets.
IDC: Global shipments of wearables hit 32M units in Q3 2018
New products from Fitbit, Garmin and Huawei helped propel the basic wearables category, and so did the growing demand in markets across Asia/Pacific.
Apple Watch users increase the number of active days increased by almost 31%
The number comes from a massive RAND Corporation study which included 400,000 participants across the US, Europe and South Africa.
Mercom: Global digital health VC funding hits record $3.1B
Put into dollars, that's $8B raised in 556 deals during the first 9 months of 2018, compared to $5.5B in 586 deals during the same period last year.
IDC: Worldwide wearables up 5.5% due to gains in emerging markets
Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan), Central & Eastern Europe, Middle East & Africa and Latin America grew 14% YoY as basic wristbands are still in high demand.
Zebra Study: Nine in ten clinicians to use mobile tech at bedside by 2022
The majority of surveyed patients (77 percent) expressed positivity about clinician usage of mobile technologies to improve the quality of their care.
Mercom: Digital health funding hits $7.2B globally in 2017
Digital health companies in the United States raised $4.9 billion in 2017 with the remaining $2.3 billion coming from other countries.