Wearable Devices and Personalized Healthcare

Wearable medical devices have been in use for many years to obtain information about patients outside the constrained environment of the hospital or office. For example, the use of such devices has allowed the detection of episodic arrhythmias that might not be detected by short term monitoring. Evolving technology now allows us to obtain many more kinds of data, and new opportunities to help patients. Much effort in the use of wearable devices has focused on “healthy” patients monitoring themselves with a goal of improving physical fitness or reducing risk factors, sometimes referred to as the “quantified self” movement.
Source: Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine - Category: Cardiology Authors: Source Type: research