The Rise of Consumer Health Wearables: Promises and Barriers

Summary

Summary Points • Consumer wearables can provide patients with personalized health data, which could assist with self-diagnosis and behaviour change interventions. • There are a number of concerns about the safety, reliability, and security of using consumer wearables in health care. • Practitioners and researchers should consider how these technological advances may impact health care in the 21st century.

Key Points

• 1Consumer wearables can aid self-diagnosis and health interventions
• 2There are significant safety and reliability concerns regarding their use
• 3Wearables might not meet the functional needs expected by users
• 4A regulatory framework could facilitate the integration of wearables in healthcare
• 5The effectiveness of behavioral interventions using wearables has not been thoroughly validated.

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