Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Nov 2019
Watched by Apple
14 November 2019 - After taking over media, social communication, and the consumer economy, the forces of digital innovation are moving into the worlds of medical practice and medical research.
Both the power and the limitations of digital innovation in medicine are evident in a report by Perez and colleagues, “Large-Scale Assessment of a Smartwatch to Identify Atrial Fibrillation,” published in this issue of the Journal.
The study was sponsored by Apple, and in 8 months it managed to enroll some 419,000 participants through the use of a smartphone application (app).
