Patient Engagement July 6, 2020
Sara Heath

In order to drive wearable adoption among chronic illness populations, payers and providers should consider subsidized tools with cardiovascular monitoring.

Healthcare providers and payers looking to leverage patient-generated health data through consumer wearable adoption are going to have to broaden the userbase, specifically tapping into chronic illness populations, according to a new report from Forrester, received via email.

Consumer Wearables Generate Good Data, But It’s From The Wrong Consumers — And It’s Not Helping Healthcare Providers outlines how patient-generated health data (PGHD) has the potential to supplement both provider and payer care management strategies, but currently the PGHD pool is limited.

PGHD, which is usually gleaned from patient wearables and remote patient monitoring devices, provides the opportunity for medical providers...

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Topics: Digital Health, Insurance, Patient / Consumer, Payer, Provider, Technology, Wearables
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