How Wearables Are Changing Healthcare

1:55 minute video. Mobile technology, including wearables, apps, mobile devices, and sensors, are changing the relationship between physicians and patients, potentially reducing the need for office visits. Information from these devices could be sent to doctors for patient monitoring. But this technology also creates challenges for doctors who might be treating hundreds of patients that now have access to this technology and are sending numerous amounts of data to their caregiver who does not have the technology to process, analyze, and provide meaningful information. To prevent data overload, physicians must reimagine the organization of healthcare.
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Robert M. Wachter, MD, Chief of the Division of Hospital Medicine and Chair, Department of Medicine at University of California, San Francisco, and author of New York Times bestseller The Digital Doctor and a featured speaker at The Doctors Company’s 2016 Executive Advisory Board meeting discusses solutions to improve efficiency in the wake of data increase. The Executive Advisory Board meeting is a forum where dynamic thought leaders explore topics of importance to modern medical practices in the evolving healthcare environment. The Doctors Company is proud to present diverse viewpoints from world-renowned experts.
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