Jan 21, 2014: According to Pew Foundation researchers, 21% of Americans already are tracking their health on some kind of an electronic device. A survey by the IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics last year found there were more than 150 mobile apps on the market that could track or capture user-entered data.

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Experts say an explosive growth in volume of patient-generated health data is inevitable, with patient demand being a key driver