Personal technology is growing , yet the health industry hasn"t caught up . One place to start is dose adherence , a $ 300 billion challenge that the healthcare sector faces . The increasing popularity of wearables, like the Apple Watch, offers an intuitive and non-obtrusive way to remind patients to take their medications and refill their prescriptions. Built - in biometrics technology , for example , means we could use cues like a change in heart rate to alert caretakers that a patient skipped a dose .
Personal technology is growing , yet the health industry hasn"t caught up . One place to start is dose adherence , a $ 300 billion challenge that the healthcare sector faces . Built - in biometrics technology , for example , means we could use cues like a change in heart rate to alert caretakers that a patient skipped a dose .