Sorting Through “A Million” Technology Choices

So there aren’t really a million choices. But it seems like it. Our Health Tech Navigator database shows there are 3,057 technologies in five functional categories—administrative cost management, consumer interaction, consumer wellness and treatment, data management, and population health management—available to health and human service organizations.

And this count doesn’t include apps. There are more than 318,000 health apps and 340 consumer wearable devices, with an average of 200 new apps a day added to the Apple Store and Google Play. Of the apps available today, 60% are general wellness apps, while 40% are . . .