HealthTech April 17, 2020
The tools, when properly designed, implemented and adopted, can provide ample benefits for healthcare providers and patients.
Wearable technologies have become a standard part of life for consumers. A recent report from Research and Markets predicts global sales of wearable devices will exceed $60 billion by 2025.
Widely available and often inexpensive, the tools are finding a role among physicians and in many elements of care delivery. Wearable accelerometers, which measure acceleration forces and are commonly found in consumer smartwatches, offer a more reliable measure of physical activity than self-reporting, a recent study by Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers finds.
“People can overestimate or underestimate on surveys how much and when they move, but wearable devices provide accurate data that cuts...
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