mHealth Intelligence October 30, 2023
A majority of healthcare consumers said physicians using wearable device data in patient care would encourage them to pursue healthier lifestyles.
More than half of healthcare consumers (59 percent) said that if their physician incorporated health data from their personal wearable devices into their treatment plans, they would be encouraged to make healthier choices, according to a new survey.
The survey, conducted by software research firm Software Advice in September 2023, polled 876 healthcare consumers in the United States. The survey respondents had seen a healthcare provider in the past two years and own and use personal healthcare wearable devices like Apple Watches or Fitbits.
An overwhelming majority of healthcare consumers (91 percent) want to share data from their personal...