The Future of Wearable Technologies and Remote Monitoring in Health Care

Am Soc Clin Oncol Educ Book. 2019 Jan:39:115-121. doi: 10.1200/EDBK_238919. Epub 2019 May 17.

Abstract

Mobile technology has become a ubiquitous part of everyday life and is changing the way we offer clinical care and perform clinical research. We have unprecedented access to data for one's self-care as well as for sharing with health care providers. Meeting the challenge posed by the influx of wearable device data requires a multidisciplinary team of researchers, clinicians, software developers, information technologists, and statisticians. Although the possibility of what can be achieved with the ever-evolving wearable technologies seems to be unlimited, regulatory agencies have provided a framework to establish standards for clinical applications, which will also affect research applications. Clinical programs and electronic medical records vendors should prepare to establish a framework to implement these technologies into clinicians' workflow and to allow feedback to measure the impact on clinical outcome. In this article, we discuss how a new brand of multidisciplinary care is evolving around mobile health devices and present a vision of up-and-coming technology in this space.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Data Collection
  • Data Interpretation, Statistical
  • Databases, Factual
  • Delivery of Health Care*
  • Disease Management
  • Exercise
  • Humans
  • Telemedicine*
  • Wearable Electronic Devices*