Wearable Teachnology in Healthcare

          Wearable technology plays a prominent role in today’s healthcare transformation. Wearables are closely intertwined with an evolving healthcare delivery model. With this new model, care is being brought to the patient, wherever he or she is, rather than the patient having to visit a medical facility. At the same time, many medical devices are undergoing an exciting design refresh to enhance the patient experience. They are becoming smaller and more mobile, opening new alternatives to traditional ways providers have interacted with patients, performed tests, collected data and delivered treatments.
Wearables come in many forms. There are smart wristbands, watches, shirts, shoes, shorts, caps, headbands, eyeglasses, belts and necklaces etc. Most contain sensors that gather raw data which is then fed to a database or software application for analysis. This analysis typically triggers a response. For example, it might alert a physician to contact a patient who is experiencing abnormal symptoms or it might send a congratulatory text message when an individual achieves a fitness or diet goal.

        Withings Blood Pressure Monitor : Hypertension is one of the most common chronic conditions throughout the world. In the United States, nearly 80 million Americans have high blood pressure. Many clinicians and patients use home blood pressure monitors to help manage high blood pressure, helping with everything from medication titration to supporting lifestyle modification. One of the earliest connected devices available on the market. It consists of an app connecting through Bluetooth to the blood pressure monitor itself. The app measures your heart rate, blood pressure and also counts the steps you take weekly. The Withings’ several useful features include the ability to set the monitor to take three measurements and report the average, which is consistent with medical recommendations. You can also set up reminders for various issues from taking your blood pressure to taking your medications.

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         Fitbit Aria: For some people, measuring weight might constitute an unpleasant daily activity since obtaining and keeping optimum weight is one of the greatest challenges for many, in an age when people often assume the “perfect body image” equals success and health. It definitely does not, but weight still constitutes an important factor to our health. As you know, obesity might lead to heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure and even stroke or cancer. On the other hand, being too skinny also leads to health problems such as anemia, low immune system or fertility issues. Thus, it is very important to find your optimum weight, right body mass index (BMI) and to measure it on a regular basis. It is the latest smart gadget of the Fitbit-family. The smart scale tracks your weight and body fat percentage – preferably daily – and uploads the information to a cloud-based account over your home Wi-Fi network. The Fitbit Aria can sense up to eight different people, using historical data to work out who is whom. The best part for me is that it is connected to my FitBit account therefore I see my weight changes compared to the physical activity I have. 

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         Gymwatch Fitness Tracker: If the tons of information coming from every possible media channel, magazine and common sense cannot convince you about the health benefits of exercising, neither can I. However, you should know that according to the UN Nation Cancer Institute, leisure-time physical activity is associated with longer life expectancy. And it does not matter whether you like to use the treadmill, do cross-fit or aerobic, some healthcare wearables can help you make the most of the exercises. GymWatch is a fitness tracker that is not about counting steps. Rather, it wants to become your personal fitness coach or your professional performance diagnostician. This is a wearable that is built for the gym, specifically for people that head straight for the weights. Worn on the arm or on the leg, it helps you build muscle in the correct way and makes sure you are completing those reps properly.The tracker gives you visual and verbal, real-tine feedback, and also connects you with its community of like-minded fitness enthusiasts.

        PIP: Stress is one of the biggest health risks in the 21^st century’s busy environment, full of constant impulses and distractions. As you probably know, stress might lead to heart disease, obesity, diabetes, gastrointestinal problems, headaches, anxiety – and even asthma. It reduces your level of focus, leads to bad sleep and decreases emotional well-being. It affects everyone – and I’m no exception. However, stress can be fought successfully with the help of technology. PIP is  a tiny device designed to give immediate feedback about your stress levels. Its smartphone app helps you learn how to reduce stress by having you transform a depressing scene into a happy one by actively relaxing, giving you tips along the way. You just hold the PIP device between the thumb and index fingers to measure skin conductivity for a few minutes. The longer you can keep stress low, the faster the scene changes.

       Pebble Time: You surely know from the tale of Sleeping Beauty that the survival of empires could depend on a good night’s sleep. Research shows sleep is very important to brainpower, health, beauty or overall well-being. Sleep trackers usually measure when you fall asleep, wake up and how much time you spend in deep-sleep. The latter is the most important, for me. For some people, how well-rested they feel depends on how much sleep they get. For others, it only depends on the amount of deep-sleep. As it’s pretty personalized, everyone needs to find their own solution. Pebble Time; measuring your sleep is only one of the built-in health tracking applications available to the Pebble Time family of smartwatches. Developed by Pebble in collaboration with researchers at Stanford University. Pebble Health automatically tracks when you go to bed, displaying sleep, deep-sleep, and the times when you fall asleep and wake up.

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        Android Sleep App; is a  useful app can pair with your sleep tracker and wake you up at the best possible time so you’re rested and don’t feel groggy at all. The app can wake you with nature sounds, soothing music, captcha or puzzle alarms. It also helps you track your sleep, deep-sleep and warns you if you are running on a sleep deficit. The app even pays attention to the sound in the room while you are sleeping to catch you snoring, record you talking in your sleep, or help you diagnose sleep illnesses.

         Fitbit Surge: The most popular and widely known healthcare wearables are the fitness and sport activity trackers. Most smartphones already have built-in apps for measuring how many steps you take a day, whether you run (even to catch the bus) or bike. The activity trackers might also measure your pulse rate and create colorful graphs and charts to help you figure out the best ways to keep fit and healthy. Of all the brands of fitness trackers on the market, Fitbit is the best-known, and for good reason. This touch-screen wristwatch not only tracks your steps and sleep, but also alerts you to incoming phone calls and text messages, keeps tabs on your heart rate with a built-in optical heart rate monitor and uses GPS to track outdoor activity. GPS is especially useful, as you don’t have to take your phone with you when you run or bike to track exercise. The tracker is reliable, easy to use and connects you to a great community with whom you can share your activities and even compete for the first place earned by the fittest. 

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