McKnight’s Senior Living October 31, 2023
An overwhelming majority of those who use health tracking wearables — 91% — say they would either be “somewhat” or “extremely” interested in sharing their personal health data with clinicians, a new study shows.
Personal fitness trackers have become increasingly sophisticated in their ability to record data and offer diagnostics, in part due to the growth of artificial intelligence capabilities.
Although the survey report, written by the consulting firm Software Advice, didn’t specify how many of the 876 respondents were older adults, other studies have shown that use of wearables has grown tremendously over the past decade among older adults.
One study found that “as little as 7% of older adults owned an activity tracker” in 2014; that figure...
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