Becker's Healthcare June 2, 2021
Hannah Mitchell

Apple Watch and Fitbit users are more likely to get heart procedures than those without heart-monitoring wearable devices, according to a May 27 study published in JAMA Network Open.

Researchers from Hanover, N.H.-based Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Salt Lake City-based University of Utah School of Medicine and Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center, among several other medical centers, followed 16,320 patients with atrial fibrillation who sought services at the...

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Topics: Digital Health, Patient / Consumer, Provider, Survey / Study, Technology, Trends, Wearables
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