Five of the Most Promising Digital Health Technologies

Despite the explosion of interest in digital health in the past several years, the tech trend has yet to have a significant impact on the mainstream public. Sure, counting steps has become mainstream, but the way many people monitor their health has changed little in the past decade.

Things are beginning to look up. As digital health technologies develop, their potential to reshape our lives is becoming more concrete. Functionality previously relegated to medical devices is increasingly coming to mainstream consumer electronic gadgets, while many medical devices are more likely to take inspiration from the consumer sector. Additionally, the IQ of smart fitness devices is also increasing. 

Here, we take a look at five of the most promising digital health technologies, ranging from medical devices for the chronically ill to more-mainstream consumer-technology fare: