The rise of consumer health wearables: promises and barriers

Lukasz Piwek; David Alexander Ellis; Sally Andrews; Adam Joinson

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001953

The rise of consumer health wearables: promises and barriers

Lukasz Piwek, David Alexander Ellis, Sally Andrews, Adam Joinson

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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
Article number	e1001953
Journal	PLoS Medicine
Volume	13
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001953
Publication status	Published - 2 Feb 2016

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