Summary:

«This report has argued that wearable health and fitness trackers can change the way people try to stay healthy and alleviate illness, the way their doctors care for them, and the way population-level health interventions are deployed. The digital health care that wearables enable could make treatment more efficient, personalised and effective. In America digital therapies are used by lots of people who might otherwise not receive care at all. Mental-health care from an AI-therapist may not always be as good as from a human being. But it can be accessed a lot more easily by people who cannot afford the payment or time off to see a doctor, or where there is a shortage of mental-health specialists.»

Article written by Dr. Monika Sonu.

Phoyo: Mojo Wang

11|05|2022

Source:

The Economist

https://www.economist.com/technology-quarterly/2022/05/02/data-from-wearable-devices-are-changing-disease-surveillance-and-medical-research