With the tide of rising health costs in the us , patients need to be empowered to have an active involvement in their own care, and the answer to this is with wearable technology, according to Dr. Nick van Terheyden writing in The Washington Post . The promise of Wearables is that we become accountable to ourselves and others, by getting real-time health data we become more cognizant of our bodies and For instance, a shirt outfitted with a sensor could send a text message to the wearer that her blood pressure has been on the rise over the last six weeks, offer the choice to submit the trend report to her electronic health record (EHR), and suggest she consult her physician. how our the last six weeks actions impact upon them. Moreover, these data can then be reanalyzed en masse to give US better insight about health trends, or even further to influence public health by targetting healthy food outlets in areas with poor nutrition.
With the tide of rising health costs in the us , patients need to be empowered to have an active involvement in their own care, and the answer to this is with wearable technology, according to Dr. Nick van Terheyden writing in The Washington Post . The promise of Wearables is that we become accountable to ourselves and others, by getting real-time health data we become more cognizant of our bodies and how our the last six weeks actions impact upon them. Moreover, these data can then be reanalyzed en masse to give US better insight about health trends, or even further to influence public health by targetting healthy food outlets in areas with poor nutrition.