Healthcare Innovation February 11, 2021
“This study highlights the future of digital health,” says one of the study’s co-leaders
Wearable devices can identify COVID-19 cases earlier than traditional diagnostic methods, and can also help track and improve management of the disease, concluded Mount Sinai researchers who studied the topic and published their findings in the Journal of Medical Internet Research.
The “Warrior Watch Study” from the New York City-based health system was led by Robert Hirten, M.D., and Zahi Fayad, Ph.D., of the Mount Sinai COVID Informatics Center. The goals of this study were to understand the impact of COVID-19 on the psychological well-being of healthcare workers and learn how this stress can be relieved. Researchers also said they hoped to identify COVID-19 infections...