Wave of Wearables Clinical Management of Patients and the Future of Connected Medicine

The future of connected health care will involve the collection of patient data or enhancement of clinician workflows through various biosensors and displays found on wearable electronic devices, many of which are marketed directly to consumers. The adoption of wearables in health care is being driven by efforts to reduce health care costs, improve care quality, and increase clinician efficiency. Wearables have significant potential to achieve these goals but are currently limited by lack of widespread integrations into electronic health records, biosensor data collection types, and a lack of scientifically rigorous literature showing benefit.