Inside Precision Medicine July 16, 2024
A new study suggests doctors can use information from their patients’ wearable devices to monitor the effectiveness of medications they prescribe to treat heart disease. Researchers at the University of Birmingham used consumer wearable devices that monitor heart rate and physical activity to compare responses to two treatments for atrial fibrillation and heart failure. The study found no difference between the two drugs they were testing and also indicated clinically useful data can be gathered from wearable devices, eliminating the need for costly and time-consuming in-person doctor visits for medication monitoring.
The study, which appears in the 15 July 2024 issue of Nature Medicine.
“People across the world are increasingly using wearable devices in their daily lives to help monitor...
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