mHealth Spot

Until 2018, the number of patients using connected home medical monitoring devices will grow at a CAGR of 44.4% to 19.1 million.

LG G Watch and Samsung Gear Live are readily available from the Google Play Store for $229 and $199, respectively; Acer's smart watch will be out in September.

The company expands its reach to millions more individuals who will be able to track and compare their overall health with other people worldwide.

Developers will be able to use a set of cross-platform APIs to make their apps and wearables sing along, pouring in data into a single pool of data.

Whoop designs a wristband which continuously collects heart-rate data and which would replace the classic chest strap heart monitor.

Compatible smart watches can run the Hexoskin app and get real-time connectivity to the cloud for Hexoskin biometric stats.

The chip making giant has bought into the privately owned Performance Lab, which software is used for real-time exercise management and virtual coaching.

Physicians Interactive is hoping to match MedHelp's healthcare quantification and socialization solutions for consumers with its own solutions for physicians.

The leading doctor-booking service is already available in 2,000 cities across the U.S. with the plan to expand to reach the entire country by the end of 2014.

With this integration Pebble owners to use their smart watch as a pedometer, and track such metrics as calories burned and distance traveled.