DIGITAL WEARABLE’S
“How Digital Wearable will Improve Precision in Medicine"
Precision medicine has the potential to improve a wide range of health and healthcare issues. As new tools and techniques for data management are created, some of these benefits will become evident sooner rather than later. Other benefits will be recognized over time as a consequence of long-term precision medicine research.
The Precision Medicine Proposed potential benefits include: A million people will have the opportunity to participate in scientific research development. New technologies are being developed to analyze medical data. Greater knowledge of how to prevent, diagnose, and treat a wide range of diseases. Clinical data is more available to physicians and researchers because of to better integration of electronic health records (EHRs) in patient care.
Wearable Digital Biomarker devices are helpful in this regard: Smartphones and wearables, for illustration, may be used to continuously analyze and gather health data (also known as “digital biomarkers”), allowing for more accurate illness prevention and treatment. To do this, such devices can use a variety of interfaces.
A Storyline: 365 days living with a disease
Every dot on this graph represents a day in the life of a patient
People who have a chronic illness may only see a doctor once or twice a year and may not recall how they felt on any given day. Many of us have trouble recalling what we had for breakfast the day before, what we were doing at 9 a.m. last Monday, or if we slept well two weeks ago. But what if our health was on the line?
People who suffer from a chronic illness may go months or years without seeing a doctor. This means they’ll have to try to recall the often minor daily changes in their symptoms in between medical appointments, which will be nearly difficult.
Wearable technologies that measure a patient’s clinically relevant signals and monitor for symptoms, such as watches & various proposed wearable’s, have the potential to greatly speed up clinical outcomes.
Clinical studies might become more accurate, quicker, and smaller as a result of the objective data obtained and less patient participation. Patients and physicians can utilize digital biomarkers in conjunction with other forms of passive monitoring on a daily basis. They can obtain a more comprehensive picture by integrating this knowledge with what they or their family are noticing.
This shift will encourage innovative minds to reimagine healthcare and create whole new business models. Technology is no longer a limiting factor; it is rather a toolbox full of options. Its full potential will be realized via imagination. “With technology being viewed as a critical component in the future delivery of healthcare, people who can think beyond the conventional domains of study — who can think about how new technologies may benefit both research and patient lives” are in high demand.
Eniola Alex
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