Health Populi July 17, 2024
Jane Sarasohn-Kahn

One of the few bright spots in consumer technology spending in the past couple of years of the U.S. economic “vibecession” has been the category of smartwatches.

The Wall Street Journal recently talked, specifically, about the growing role of the Apple Watch for health care, gaining traction as a part of cardiologists’ and other physicians’ testing for and adoption of the wearable tech device for patients who are managing medical conditions.

Data from CTA, the Consumer Technology Association, has been tracking such spending which I’ve often discussed here in Health Populi where I firmly focused on people, patients, and consumers, health, and technology.

As Apple has added health, medical, and well-being apps and capabilities to the device, more consumers have...

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