Abstract
•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 healthcare.• Practitioners and researchers should consider how these technological advances may impact healthcare in the 21st century.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | e1001953 |
| Journal | PLoS Medicine |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2 Feb 2016 |
Bibliographical note
© 2016 Piwek et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.M1 - e1001953
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Medicine
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Adam Joinson
- Management - Professor
- Information, Decisions & Operations
- Applied Digital Behaviour Lab
- EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Cyber Security
- Institute for Digital Security and Behaviour (IDSB)
Person: Research & Teaching, Core staff
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Lukasz Piwek
- Management - Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor)
- Information, Decisions & Operations
- Centre for Healthcare Innovation and Improvement
- Applied Digital Behaviour Lab
- EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Cyber Security
- Centre for Future of Work
- Institute for Digital Security and Behaviour (IDSB)
Person: Research & Teaching, Core staff