Could your smartphone be a medical device? Tech companies think so.

Advisory Board March 2, 2023

Smartphones have a variety of sensors that can help monitor a patient’s vital signs, and tech companies are figuring out ways to use those sensors to help diagnose a variety of conditions. But experts say many of the tools still need fine-tuning before they can be relied on by providers, Hannah Norman reports for Kaiser Health News.

How tech companies are turning smartphones into medical devices

Tech companies are utilizing phones’ built-in cameras, microphones, accelerometers, gyroscopes, and speakers to feed data into machine learning algorithms to help connect patients and health care providers.

“It’s very hard to put devices into the patient home or in the hospital, but everyone is just walking around with a cellphone that has a network...

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