The Impact of Innovation- Wearable Devices

The Impact of Innovation
Linda M Messenger

Wearable health devices are making a positive impact on the industry today. There are devices that track physical activity, heart rate, blood pressure, respiratory rate, temperature and much more. The consistent exchange of information between this technology and software solutions helps to effectively monitor patients and the health issues that they are being treated for by their physicians. Researchers believe that these wearable monitors could potentially help professionals to develop personalized treatment plans for their patients and possibly help to prevent bigger problems with their health. ("The Journal of mHealth", 2019)

Aside from wearables allowing physicians to be more informed about their patients and provide more efficient, effective care, this technology has the potentially lower the cost of care. Tracking aspects of patient health allows caregivers to detect issues that could alert them about a decline in the individual’s health. Not only is this a positive for the patient, but improving outcomes in this way also lowers the cost of care. ("Brookings", 2019) This would be a wonderful way to help reverse the rising cost of treatment that has been occurring.

Healthcare has welcomed many technological advances over the years that are geared toward implementing more sufficient ways of providing treatment. Wearable devices have brought many advantages to patients, healthcare professionals and the medical industry in general. They have become one of the most valuable modern assets in the industry and there are sure to be even more advancements to come in this area. (Collier, 2015) I am anxious to see what is coming next for this incredible technology.


REFERENCES


Brookings (2019). Retrieved from Wearable device data and AI can reduce health care costs and paperwork


Collier, R., & Randolph, A. B. (2015). Wearable Technologies for Healthcare Innovation. In Hilton Head Island: Proceedings of the Southern Association for Information Systems Conference.


The Journal of mHealth (2019). Retrieved from The Role of Wearable Technology in Healthcare Interoperability -