Market intelligence firm, Tractica, published a white paper about enterprise applications for wearable technology.
Here are five things to know:
1. Large hospitals and small clinics are trying out wearables in their operations.
2. The wearable technology ranges from fitness trackers to voice-controlled headsets to body sensors.
3. Tractica's white paper looked at 40 case studies of wearable trials around the world.
4. Cigna, Indiana University Health Methodist Hospital, Medex Ambulance Service, UC Irvine Medical Center, Stanford University Medical Center, Dignity Health and Desert Valley Medical Center are among the case studies.
5. The white paper offers information about the wearable technology market and real-world case studies of how these wearable are used in industry verticals, like healthcare.
"Wearable technologies have touched almost every enterprise vertical market," said Aditya Kaul, research director. "Companies and institutions in multiple industries are closely evaluating how wearables can bring speed, efficiency, lower costs and improved workflows for their operations."