Fierce Health Technology December 6, 2021
While consumers increasingly rely on wearables like smartwatches to monitor their health, many physicians still aren’t sold on the commercial devices.
Three hundred and twenty million consumer health and wellness wearables are predicted to ship worldwide next year, with that number projected to surge to 440 million wearables by 2024, according to Deloitte Global’s 2022 Technology, Media, and Telecommunications Predictions.
Those devices include smartwatches, like those produced by Apple and Fitbit, as well as smart patches that affix directly to patients’ skin.
Consumers now use smartwatches not just to track their exercise, as originally designed, but also to monitor their heart rate, sleep quality and even potential symptoms of COVID-19.
But Deloitte says physician skepticism about the accuracy and utility...
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